我々が自国の古い寺院を自慢に思うのは当然のことだ。

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English Translation

We may well take pride in our old temples.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)が自国(じこく)の古(ふる)い寺院(じいん)を自慢(じまん)に思(おも)うのは当然(とうぜん)のことだ。

Romanji

Wareware ga jikoku no furui jiin o jiman ni omou no wa tōzen no koto da.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

が (が)

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

自国 (じこく)

one's own country

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

古い (ふるい)

old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article

寺院 (じいん)

temple

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.

自慢 (じまん)

pride; boast

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

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

は (は)

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

当然 (とうぜん)

natural; as a matter of course; justified; deserved; reasonable

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

だ (だ)

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