私たちは他人の権利を尊重すべきです。まして生命はなおさらです。

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English Translation

We should respect the rights of others, much more their lives.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは他人(たにん)の権利(けんり)を尊重(そんちょう)すべきです。まして生命(せいめい)はなおさらです。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa tanin no kenri o sonchōsu beki desu. mashite seimei wa naosara desu.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

他人 (たにん、ひと、あだびと)

another person; other people; others; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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

権利 (けんり)

right; privilege

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.

尊重 (そんちょう)

respect; esteem; regard

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

です (です)

be; is

況して (まして)

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

生命 (せいめい)

life; existence

尚更 (なおさら)

all the more; still less