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言い換えると、世の中にはいろいろな人間が必要だということだ。

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言い換える 世の中 いろいろな 人間 必要 という こと

English Translation

In other words, it takes all sorts of people to make a world.

Furigana

(いか)()えると、()(なか)にはいろいろな人間(にんげん)必要(ひつよう)だということだ。

Romanji

Iikaeru to, yononaka ni wa iroirona ningen ga hitsuyō da toiu koto da.

Words

言い換える (いいかえる)
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
世の中 (よのなか)
society; the world; the times
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
色々 (いろいろ)
various; various colors (colours)
人間 (にんげん)
human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(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

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: カン、 か.える、 -か.える、 か.わる
Meanings: interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew
Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to