人間の心理研究に対して不朽の貢献をした書物を、われわれは偉大な書物を呼ぶのである。

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English Translation

Those books which have made a lasting contribution to man's quest for truth, we call great books.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)の心理(しんり)研究(けんきゅう)に対(たい)して不朽(ふきゅう)の貢献(こうけん)をした書物(しょもつ)を、われわれは偉大(いだい)な書物(しょもつ)を呼(よ)ぶのである。

Romanji

Ningen no shinri kenkyū nitaishite fukyū no kōken o shita shomotsu o, wareware wa idaina shomotsu o yobu no de aru.

Words

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

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

心理 (しんり)

state of mind; mentality; psychology

研究 (けんきゅう)

study; research; investigation

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

不朽 (ふきゅう)

everlasting; immortal; eternal; immortality; imperishable

貢献 (こうけん)

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

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.

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

書物 (しょもつ)

books

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

偉大 (いだい)

greatness

呼ぶ (よぶ)

to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...