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人間だれでも自分のしていることは何らかの重要性があると感じたい心理的要求を持っている。

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人間 だれ でも 自分 している こと 何らかの 重要性 ある 感じたい 心理的 要求 持っている

English Translation

Every person has a psychological need to feel that what he does is of some importance.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)だれでも自分(じぶん)のしていることは(なん)らかの重要性(じゅうようせい)があると(かん)じたい心理的(しんりてき)要求(ようきゅう)()っている。

Romanji

Ningen dare demo jibun no shiteiru koto wa nanrakano jūyōsei ga aru to kanjitai shinriteki yōkyū o motteiru.

Words

人間 (にんげん)
human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
自分 (じぶん)
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
重要性 (じゅうようせい)
importance; gravity
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
感じる (かんじる)
to feel; to sense; to experience
心理的 (しんりてき)
psychological; mental
要求 (ようきゅう)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
()
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.
持つ (もつ)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

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: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 さが
Meanings: sex, gender, nature
Reading: カン
Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: キュウ、 グ、 もと.める
Meanings: request, want, wish for, require, demand
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have