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失敗の責任を他人でなく自分に負わせるべきだ。

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失敗 責任 他人 でなく 自分 負わせる べき

English Translation

You ought to blame yourself, not the others, for the failure.

Furigana

失敗(しっぱい)責任(せきにん)他人(たにん)でなく自分(じぶん)()わせるべきだ。

Romanji

Shippai no sekinin o tanin denaku jibun ni owaseru beki da.

Words

失敗 (しっぱい)
failure; mistake; blunder
()
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
責任 (せきにん)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
()
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.
他人 (たにん、ひと、あだびと)
another person; other people; others; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
自分 (じぶん)
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you
()
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
負う (おう)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to be injured; to owe
可し (べし)
shall; should; must

Kanji

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる
Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる
Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal
Readings: セキ、 せ.める
Meanings: blame, condemn, censure
Readings: ニン、 まか.せる、 まか.す
Meanings: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Readings: タ、 ほか
Meanings: other, another, the others
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: フ、 ま.ける、 ま.かす、 お.う
Meanings: defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility