ゆえに、筋肉の５０パーセントが脂肪に取って代わられる可能性がある。

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English Translation

Hence 50 percent of the muscle can give way to fat.

Furigana

ゆえに、筋肉(きんにく)の５０パーセントが脂肪(しぼう)に取(と)って代(か)わられる可能性(かのうせい)がある。

Romanji

Yueni, kinniku no go zero pa-sento ga shibō ni totte kawarareru kanōsei ga aru.

Words

故に (ゆえに)

therefore; consequently

筋肉 (きんにく)

muscle; sinew

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

パーセント (パーセント)

percent; percentage

が (が)

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

脂肪 (しぼう)

fat; grease; blubber

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

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

可能性 (かのうせい)

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about