Quotes
Japanese meaning of 人間が生きものの生き死にを自由にしようなんて、おこがましいとは思わんかね
— Jotaro Honma / Black Jack
にんげんがいきもののいきしにをじゆうにしようなんて、おこがましいとはおもわんかね (Ningen ga ikimono no ikishini o jiyū ni shiyō nante, okogamashii to wa omowan ka ne)
English Translation:
Don't you think it's presumptuous for humans to try to control the life and death of living things?
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Example
Example 1Basic Example
飼っている金魚を永遠に生かしたいと泣く弟に、父は「人間が生きものの生き死にを自由にしようなんて、おこがましいとは思わんかね」と静かに言った。
When my little brother cried that he wanted his goldfish to live forever, Dad quietly said, "Don't you think it's presumptuous for humans to try to control the life and death of living things?"
Example 2Applied Example
(冷蔵庫の残り物の賞味期限を書きかえようとする兄に、母が)人間が食べものの賞味期限を自由にしようなんて、おこがましいとは思わんかね
(Mom, to my brother trying to rewrite the expiry date on leftovers) "Don't you think it's presumptuous for humans to try to control the expiry dates of food?"
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