YOU SAID:
Self-esteem is reliance on one’s power to think.
INTO JAPANESE
自尊心は考える力に頼る。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Self-esteem relies on the power to think.
INTO JAPANESE
自尊心は考える力に頼っている。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Self-esteem relies on the power to think.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.