諸君がまず学ばなければならないことは、自分自身の考えによって自立することである。

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English Translation

The first thing you must learn is to stand on your own ideas.

Furigana

諸君(しょくん)がまず学(まな)ばなければならないことは、自分(じぶん)自身(じしん)の考(かんが)えによって自立(じりつ)することである。

Romanji

Shokun ga mazu manabanakerebanaranai koto wa, jibun jishin no kangae niyotte jiritsusuru koto de aru.

Words

諸君 (しょくん)

Gentlemen!; Ladies!

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

学ぶ (まなぶ)

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

事 (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

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

自身 (じしん)

by oneself; personally

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

考え (かんがえ)

thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept; idea; notion; imagination; intention; plan; design; consideration; judgement; deliberation; reflection; wish; hope; expectation

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...