たしかに出生率の低下で子供の数が減り、学校でも生徒の数が少なくなっているのは事実ですが、しかし、これはまったくもってけっこうなことです。

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English Translation

It's true that there are fewer children due to the falling birthrate, and there are fewer children in the school, but that is all to the good.

Furigana

たしかに出生率(しゅっしょうりつ)の低下(ていか)で子供(こども)の数(かず)が減(へ)り、学校(がっこう)でも生徒(せいと)の数(かず)が少(すく)なくなっているのは事実(じじつ)ですが、しかし、これはまったくもってけっこうなことです。

Romanji

Tashikani shusshōritsu no teika de kodomo no kazu ga heri, gakkō de mo seito no kazu ga sukunaku natteiru no wa jijitsu desu ga, shikashi, kore wa mattaku motte kekkōna koto desu.

Words

確かに (たしかに)

surely; certainly

出生率 (しゅっしょうりつ、しゅっせいりつ)

birth rate

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

低下 (ていか)

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

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.

子供 (こども)

child; children

が (が)

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

減る (へる)

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

学校 (がっこう)

school

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

少ない (すくない)

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

は (は)

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

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

です (です)

be; is

然し (しかし)

however; but

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

結構 (けっこう)

splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); (by implication) no thank you; well enough; OK; tolerable; reasonably; fairly; tolerably; construction; architecture

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as