どうして出生率がそんなに急激に減ったのだろうか。

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English Translation

Why has the birthrate declined so sharply?

Furigana

どうして出生率(しゅっしょうりつ)がそんなに急激(きゅうげき)に減(へ)ったのだろうか。

Romanji

Dōshite shusshōritsu ga sonnani kyūgeki ni hetta no darou ka.

Words

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

出生率 (しゅっしょうりつ、しゅっせいりつ)

birth rate

が (が)

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

そんなに (そんなに)

so much; so; like that

急激 (きゅうげき)

sudden; precipitous; radical

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

減る (へる)

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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

だ (だ)

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

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