私の注意を引いた最も興味深いことの一つは、美の評価においては永続性などないということである。

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English Translation

One of the most curious things that has forced itself on my notice is that there is no permanence in the judgement of beauty.

Furigana

私(わたし)の注意(ちゅうい)を引(ひ)いた最(もっと)も興味深(きょうみぶか)いことの一(ひと)つは、美(び)の評価(ひょうか)においては永続性(えいぞくせい)などないということである。

Romanji

Watashi no chūi o hiita mottomo kyōmibukai koto no hitotsu wa, bi no hyōka nioite wa eizokusei nado nai toiu koto de aru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

注意 (ちゅうい)

caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice

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.

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

興味深い (きょうみぶかい)

very interesting; of great interest

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

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

は (は)

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

美 (び)

beauty

評価 (ひょうか)

valuation; estimation; assessment; evaluation; rating; to value; to assess; to rate; to estimate value; to appreciate; to value highly; to acknowledge the value (of something)

に於いて (において)

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

永続性 (えいぞくせい)

persistent; permanence

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

だ (だ)

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