我々は、自分がしていることが何であろうとそれに目的を与えてくれるような目標あるいは指導的な思想を、今までのいかなる時代にまして、必要としている。

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English Translation

More than ever do we need goals or leading ideas that will give purpose to whatever we are doing.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)は、自分(じぶん)がしていることが何(なに)であろうとそれに目的(もくてき)を与(あた)えてくれるような目標(もくひょう)あるいは指導的(しどうてき)な思想(しそう)を、今(いま)までのいかなる時代(じだい)にまして、必要(ひつよう)としている。

Romanji

Wareware wa, jibun ga shiteiru koto ga nani de arou to sore ni mokuteki o ataetekureru yōna mokuhyō aruiha shidōteki na shisō o, ima made no ikanaru jidai ni mashite, hitsuyō to shiteiru.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

が (が)

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

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

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

と (と)

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

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

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

目的 (もくてき)

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

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.

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

目標 (もくひょう)

mark; objective; target

或いは (あるいは、あるは)

or; possibly

指導的 (しどうてき)

leading (e.g. role); instructive; guiding

思想 (しそう)

thought; idea; ideology

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

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

如何なる (いかなる)

any kind of

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

必要 (ひつよう)

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