ほとんど全ての偉大なことは青年によって成されて来た。

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English Translation

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Furigana

ほとんど全(すべ)ての偉大(いだい)なことは青年(せいねん)によって成(な)されて来(き)た。

Romanji

Hotondo subete no idaina koto wa seinen niyotte nasaretekita.

Words

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

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

偉大 (いだい)

greatness

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

は (は)

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

青年 (せいねん)

youth; young man

に因って (によって)

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

為す (なす)

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in; to change into; to do; to perform; to intend to; to attempt; to try