一つには、西洋人ではない人々が自分たち独自の文化に誇りを持ち始めてきたためと、また一つには、フォークを使わないそれらの地域は最も高い出生率の地域を抱えているという理由から、このことは当たっている。

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English Translation

This is true partly because non-Westerners have begun to take pride in their own cultures and partly because those areas of the world where forks are not used have some of the highest birth rates.

Furigana

一(ひと)つには、西洋人(せいようじん)ではない人々(ひとびと)が自分(じぶん)たち独自(どくじ)の文化(ぶんか)に誇(ほこ)りを持(も)ち始(はじ)めてきたためと、また一(ひと)つには、フォークを使(つか)わないそれらの地域(ちいき)は最(もっと)も高(たか)い出生率(しゅっしょうりつ)の地域(ちいき)を抱(かか)えているという理由(りゆう)から、このことは当(あ)たっている。

Romanji

Hitotsu ni wa, seiyōjin de wa nai hitobito ga jibuntachi dokuji no bunka ni hokori o mochihajimetekita tame to, mata hitotsu ni wa, fuxo-ku o tsukawanai sorera no chiiki wa mottomo takai shusshōritsu no chiiki o kakaeteiru toiu riyū kara, kono koto wa atatteiru.

Words

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

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

は (は)

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

西洋人 (せいようじん)

Western people

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

独自 (どくじ)

original; peculiar; unique; characteristic; proprietary; individual; independent; one's own

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

文化 (ぶんか)

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

誇り (ほこり)

pride; boast

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

フォーク (フォーク、ホーク)

fork; folk; folk song; hawk

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

其れ等 (それら)

those (near the second person)

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

出生率 (しゅっしょうりつ、しゅっせいりつ)

birth rate

抱える (かかえる)

to hold or carry under or in the arms; to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.); to employ; to engage; to hire

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

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

当たる (あたる)

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.); to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win; to be successful; to go well; to be a hit; to face; to confront; to lie (in the direction of); to undertake; to be assigned; to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted; to be called upon (by the teacher); to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at; to be unnecessary; to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak; (in fishing) to feel a bite; (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil; to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison); to shave; to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship