フットボールの試合で、観客はふつうどちらかのチームを熱心に応援するが、応援するものの中には勝ち目のあるチームに乗りかえようとするものが少数いる。

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English Translation

In a football game the spectators are usually ardent rooters for one of the two teams, but there also is a small group who will climb on the bandwagon of the winning team.

Furigana

フットボールの試合(しあい)で、観客(かんきゃく)はふつうどちらかのチームを熱心(ねっしん)に応援(おうえん)するが、応援(おうえん)するものの中(なか)には勝(か)ち目(め)のあるチームに乗(の)りかえようとするものが少数(しょうすう)いる。

Romanji

Futtobo-ru no shiai de, kankyaku wa futsū dochira ka no chi-mu o nesshin ni ōensuru ga, ōensuru mono no nakani wa kachime no aru chi-mu ni norikaeyou to suru mono ga shōsū iru.

Words

フットボール (フットボール)

football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)

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

試合 (しあい)

match; game; bout; contest

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.

観客 (かんきゃく)

audience; spectator; spectators

は (は)

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

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)

which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

チーム (チーム、ティーム)

team

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.

熱心 (ねっしん)

zeal; enthusiasm

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

応援 (おうえん)

aid; assistance; help; reinforcement; rooting; barracking; support; cheering

が (が)

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

勝ち目 (かちめ)

chance (of success); odds

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

乗り換える (のりかえる)

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking

と (と)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

少数 (しょうすう)

minority; few

要る (いる)

to need; to want