人は生まれながら賢かったり愚かだったりするのか、それとも知性は生き方の結果なのか。

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English Translation

Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of how you live?

Furigana

人(ひと)は生(う)まれながら賢(かしこ)かったり愚(おろ)かだったりするのか、それとも知性(ちせい)は生(い)き方(かた)の結果(けっか)なのか。

Romanji

Hito wa umarenagara kashikoka tari oroka da tari suru no ka, soretomo chisei wa ikikata no kekkana no ka.

Words

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

生まれながら (うまれながら)

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

賢い (かしこい)

wise; clever; smart

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

愚か (おろか)

foolish; stupid

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

の (の)

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

其れ共 (それとも)

or; or else

知性 (ちせい)

intelligence

生き方 (いきかた)

way of life; how to live

結果 (けっか)

result; consequence; outcome; effect; coming to fruition; bearing fruit