民主主義の精神がわれわれの日常生活の中に浸透するには相当の年月がかかると思います。

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English Translation

I believe it will be quite a long time before the spirit of democracy pervades our daily life.

Furigana

民主(みんしゅ)主義(しゅぎ)の精神(せいしん)がわれわれの日常(にちじょう)生活(せいかつ)の中(なか)に浸透(しんとう)するには相当(そうとう)の年月(としつき)がかかると思(おも)います。

Romanji

Minshu shugi no seishin ga wareware no nichijō seikatsu no nakani shintōsuru ni wa sōtō no toshitsuki ga kakaru to omoimasu.

Words

民主 (みんしゅ)

democracy; popular sovereignty; democratic

主義 (しゅぎ)

doctrine; rule; principle

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

精神 (せいしん)

mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention

が (が)

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

我々 (われわれ)

日常 (にちじょう)

ordinary; regular; everyday; usual

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

浸透 (しんとう)

permeation; penetration; soaking; osmosis

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

は (は)

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

相当 (そうとう)

befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; considerable; substantial; to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; extremely; considerably

年月 (としつき、ねんげつ)

months and years

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

と (と)

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

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