施設は、その使命がいかに崇高なものでも、家庭のかわりにはなり得なかった。

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English Translation

Institutions, however noble their missions, have failed to replace the family.

Furigana

施設(しせつ)は、その使命(しめい)がいかに崇高(すうこう)なものでも、家庭(かてい)のかわりにはなり得(え)なかった。

Romanji

Shisetsu wa, sono shimei ga ikani sūkōna mono de mo, katei no kawari ni wa narienakatta.

Words

施設 (しせつ)

institution; establishment; facility; (army) engineer

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

使命 (しめい)

mission; errand; message

が (が)

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

如何に (いかに)

how; in what way; however much; however (e.g. easy, rich, sad); whatever; how much; hey; oi

崇高 (すうこう、しゅうこう)

loftiness; sublimity; nobility

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

家庭 (かてい)

home; family; household

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

換わり (かわり)

an exchange transaction

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

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 ...