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学のある人はとかく無知な人を軽蔑する。

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ある とかく 無知な 軽蔑する

English Translation

The learned are apt to despise the ignorant.

Furigana

(がく)のある(ひと)はとかく無知(むち)(ひと)軽蔑(けいべつ)する。

Romanji

Gaku no aru hito wa tokaku muchina hito o keibetsusuru.

Words

(がく)
-ology; -ics; study of ...; learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge
()
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
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
兎角 (とかく)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; somehow or other; anyhow; anyway; rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)
無知 (むち)
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
()
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.
軽蔑 (けいべつ)
scorn; disdain; contempt

Kanji

Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom
Readings: ケイ、 かる.い、 かろ.やか、 かろ.んじる
Meanings: lightly, trifling, unimportant
Readings: ベツ、 ないがしろ、 なみ.する、 くらい、 さげす.む
Meanings: ignore, despise, neglect, ridicule