人間は、知識が増えることを誇りとする。

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人間 知識 増える こと 誇り する

English Translation

Man prides himself on the increase in his knowledge.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)は、知識(ちしき)()えることを(ほこ)りとする。

Romanji

Ningen wa, chishiki ga fueru koto o hokori to suru.

Words

人間 (にんげん)
human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
知識 (ちしき)
knowledge; information
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
増える (ふえる)
to increase; to multiply
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
誇り (ほこり)
pride; boast
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom
Readings: シキ、 し.る、 しる.す
Meanings: discriminating, know, write
Readings: ゾウ、 ま.す、 ま.し、 ふ.える、 ふ.やす
Meanings: increase, add, augment, gain, promote
Readings: コ、 ほこ.る
Meanings: boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly