Erabarenakute mo hikan shiteinai.I didn't lose hope even after I wasn't selected.

Hito ga mizukara o shiru to iu koto wa, sude ni yōi na shigoto de wa nai ga, kokumin ga jibun no kuni o shiru no wa, sore yori mo mata nansōbai ka mutsukashii koto datta.It is already not an easy task for people to understand themselves. Compared to that, it was several times more difficult for citizens to understand their own country.

Seijin de mo nakereba zokujin de mo nai.I am neither sage nor worldling.