ますます多くの家がコンクリートで作られるようになり、コンクリートの家は木造の家屋ほど簡単には燃えないため、火事は今は以前ほど恐ろしいものではなくなっている。

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English Translation

Fires are less frightening today than they once were, because more and more houses are built of concrete, and concrete houses do not burn as easily as the old wooden ones.

Furigana

ますます多(おお)くの家(いえ)がコンクリートで作(つく)られるようになり、コンクリートの家(いえ)は木造(もくぞう)の家屋(かおく)ほど簡単(かんたん)には燃(も)えないため、火事(かじ)は今(いま)は以前(いぜん)ほど恐(おそ)ろしいものではなくなっている。

Romanji

Masumasu ōku no ie ga konkuri-to de tsukurareru yō ni nari, konkuri-to no ie wa mokuzō no kaoku hodo kantan ni wa moenai tame, kaji wa ima wa izen hodo osoroshii mono de wa nakunatteiru.

Words

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

が (が)

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

混凝土 (コンクリート、こんくりいと)

concrete

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.

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

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

なる (なる)

that is in; who is called; that is called; that is

は (は)

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

木造 (もくぞう)

wooden; made of wood

家屋 (かおく)

house; building

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

簡単 (かんたん)

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

燃える (もえる)

to burn; to get fired up

為 (ため)

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

火事 (かじ)

fire; conflagration

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

恐ろしい (おそろしい)

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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

無くなる (なくなる)

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)