だが今日、この形にしたがっているのは、アメリカの家庭ではわずかに１５％程度でしかない。

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English Translation

Yet today only about 15 percent of American families follow this pattern.

Furigana

だが今日(きょう)、この形(かたち)にしたがっているのは、アメリカの家庭(かてい)ではわずかに１５％程度(ぱーせんとていど)でしかない。

Romanji

Daga kyō, kono katachi ni shitagatteiru no wa, Amerika no katei de wa wazuka ni ichi go pa-sentoteido de shika nai.

Words

だが (だが、ですが)

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

形 (かたち、よう)

form; shape; figure; visage

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

従う (したがう)

to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany

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

は (は)

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

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

家庭 (かてい)

home; family; household

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.

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

一 (いち)

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix