私たちの日常生活の多くは、精神的な努力をほとんど必要としないきまりきった仕事から成っているにちがいない。

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English Translation

Much of our daily living must consist of routine that requires little or no mental effort.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちの日常(にちじょう)生活(せいかつ)の多(おお)くは、精神的(せいしんてき)な努力(どりょく)をほとんど必要(ひつよう)としないきまりきった仕事(しごと)から成(な)っているにちがいない。

Romanji

Watashitachi no nichijō seikatsu no ōku wa, seishinteki na doryoku o hotondo hitsuyō to shinai kimarikitta shigoto kara natteiru ni chigainai.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

日常 (にちじょう)

ordinary; regular; everyday; usual

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

は (は)

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

精神的 (せいしんてき)

mental; emotional

だ (だ)

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

努力 (どりょく)

great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort

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.

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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

決まる (きまる)

to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes)

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)