書物がなければ、それぞれの世代は過去の真理を自分で再発見しなければならないだろう。

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書物 が なければ 、 それぞれ の 世代 は 過去 の 真理 を 自分 で 再 発見しなければならない だろう 。

English Translation

If it were not for books, each generation would have to rediscover for itself the truths of the past.

Furigana

書物(しょもつ)がなければ、それぞれの世代(せだい)は過去(かこ)の真理(しんり)を自分(じぶん)で再(さい)発見(はっけん)しなければならないだろう。

Romanji

Shomotsu ga nakereba, sorezore no sedai wa kako no shinri o jibun de sai hakkenshinakerebanaranai darou.

Words

書物 (しょもつ)

books

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

夫れ夫れ (それぞれ)

each; respectively

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

世代 (せだい)

generation; the world; the age

は (は)

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

過去 (かこ)

the past; bygone days; the previous; a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past; past (tense); preterit; preterite; previous life

真理 (しんり)

truth

を (を)

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.

自分 (じぶん)

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

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

再 (さい)

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

書

Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき

Meaning: write

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

世

Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう

Meanings: generation, world, society, public

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

過

Readings: カ、 す.ぎる、 -す.ぎる、 -す.ぎ、 す.ごす、 あやま.つ、 あやま.ち、 よ.ぎる

Meanings: overdo, exceed, go beyond, error

去

Readings: キョ、 コ、 さ.る、 -さ.る

Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

真

Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと

Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

自

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと

Meaning: oneself

分

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

再

Readings: サイ、 サ、 ふたた.び

Meanings: again, twice, second time

発

Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible