栄養をきちんと摂ることは、幼児の発育には極めて重要なことです。

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English Translation

Good nutrition is vital for an infant's growth.

Furigana

栄養(えいよう)をきちんと摂(と)ることは、幼児(ようじ)の発育(はついく)には極(きわ)めて重要(じゅうよう)なことです。

Romanji

Eiyō o kichinto toru koto wa, yōji no hatsuiku ni wa kiwamete jūyōna koto desu.

Words

栄養 (えいよう)

nutrition; nourishment

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

きちんと (きちんと)

precisely; accurately; neatly

摂る (とる)

to have (lunch, etc.); to take (vitamins, etc.)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

は (は)

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

幼児 (ようじ)

infant; baby; child; child over 1 but not yet of school age

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

発育 (はついく)

(physical) growth; development

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

極めて (きわめて)

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

です (です)

be; is