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「
ひと
人
は
ぜん
善
よりも、
あく
悪
に
かたむ
傾
く」とマキャヴェッリは
い
言
った。
"Men are more inclined to evil than to good," said Machiavelli.
Conjugations and inflections
  悪に傾く is the plain form of 'ku' godan verb 悪に傾く   ALL INFLECTIONS
  言った is the past form of 'u' godan verb 言う   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Names
マキャヴェッリ
マキャヴェッリ   Machiavelli   (surname)  
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Words
ひ と 0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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ぜ ん 1
noun
good; goodness; right; virtue  (opposite: 悪)
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expression
1. in comparison to  (see also: より; emphatic form of より)
2. rather than
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expression, 'ku' godan verb
to be inclined to evil
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い う 0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
善
ゼン   virtuous   よい virtous, good   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
䒑
grass   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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悪
アク   オ   わるい bad   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
亜
ア    Asia; rank next   
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覀
west
傾
ケイ   かたむく    かたむける to tilt, to incline, to lean   
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化
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
匕
さじ spoon   
頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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