ほんの一握りの男性しか育児休暇を取りたがらない。

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English Translation

Only a handful of men want to take childcare leave.

Furigana

ほんの一(いち)握(にぎ)りの男性(だんせい)しか育児(いくじ)休暇(きゅうか)を取(と)りたがらない。

Romanji

Honno ichi nigiri no dansei shika ikuji kyūka o toritagaranai.

Words

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

握り (にぎり)

grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch; handful; fistful; handle; grip; knob; rice ball; nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.

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

男性 (だんせい)

man; male; masculine gender

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

育児 (いくじ)

childcare; nursing; upbringing

休暇 (きゅうか)

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

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.

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