育児休暇や老人介護のための休みも、現在日本で起きている人口構成の変動に対応するために必要となっているのである。

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English Translation

Child-care leave and time off to care for the aged are needed in order to respond to demographic changes now taking place in Japan.

Furigana

育児(いくじ)休暇(きゅうか)や老人(ろうじん)介護(かいご)のための休(やす)みも、現在(げんざい)日本(にっぽん)で起(お)きている人口(じんこう)構成(こうせい)の変動(へんどう)に対応(たいおう)するために必要(ひつよう)となっているのである。

Romanji

Ikuji kyūka ya rōjin kaigo no tame no yasumi mo, genzai Nippon de okiteiru jinkō kōsei no hendō ni taiōsuru tameni hitsuyō to natteiru no de aru.

Words

育児 (いくじ)

childcare; nursing; upbringing

休暇 (きゅうか)

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

介護 (かいご)

nursing; care; caregiving; caring

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

為 (ため)

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

休み (やすみ)

rest; recess; respite; vacation; holiday; absence; suspension; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

現在 (げんざい)

now; current; present; present time; as of

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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.

起きる (おきる)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

人口 (じんこう)

population; common talk

構成 (こうせい)

organization; organisation; configuration; composition

変動 (へんどう)

change; fluctuation

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

対応 (たいおう)

interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support; response; reception; software support; ability of a computer system to run specific software; compatibility

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

と (と)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...