だが、徐々に生活水準が高まるようになるにつれて、ますます大勢の人が我が家に浴室を持つようになった。

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English Translation

However, as living standards gradually came to rise, more and more people began to have their own bathrooms at home.

Furigana

だが、徐々(じょじょ)に生活(せいかつ)水準(すいじゅん)が高(たか)まるようになるにつれて、ますます大勢(たいせい)の人(ひと)が我(わ)が家(や)に浴室(よくしつ)を持(も)つようになった。

Romanji

Daga, jojoni seikatsu suijun ga takamaru yō ni naru nitsurete, masumasu taisei no hito ga wagaya ni yokushitsu o motsu yō ni natta.

Words

だが (だが、ですが)

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

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

水準 (すいじゅん)

level; standard; water level

が (が)

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

高まる (たかまる)

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

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

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 ...

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

大勢 (たいせい)

general trend; current thought

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

我が家 (わがや、わがいえ)

one's house; one's home; one's family

浴室 (よくしつ)

bathroom; bath

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.

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