感情によって理性が曇らされているままにしておくならば、我々は、常に見当違いのことをしてしまうだろう。

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English Translation

If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.

Furigana

感情(かんじょう)によって理性(りせい)が曇(くも)らされているままにしておくならば、我々(われわれ)は、常(つね)に見当違(けんとうちが)いのことをしてしまうだろう。

Romanji

Kanjō niyotte risei ga kumorasareteiru mamani shiteoku naraba, wareware wa, tsuneni kentōchigai no koto o shiteshimau darou.

Words

感情 (かんじょう)

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

理性 (りせい)

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

が (が)

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

曇らす (くもらす)

to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken; to muffle

儘に (ままに)

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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

だ (だ)

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

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

常に (つねに)

always; constantly

見当違い (けんとうちがい)

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected

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

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

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.