そして次に、州についてですが、どんな州でもいいですから、その州が五つか六つの地域に分かれていると考えてください。

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English Translation

And now, think about a county, any county, and imagine this county divided into five or six different areas.

Furigana

そして次(つぎ)に、州(しゅう)についてですが、どんな州(しゅう)でもいいですから、その州(しゅう)が五(いつ)つか六(むっ)つの地域(ちいき)に分(わ)かれていると考(かんが)えてください。

Romanji

Soshite tsugini, shū nitsuite desu ga, donna shū demo ii desu kara, sono shū ga itsutsu ka muttsu no chiiki ni wakareteiru to kangaete kudasai.

Words

然して (そして、しかして)

and; and then; thus; and now

次に (つぎに)

next; then; after that

州 (しゅう)

state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China); continent; dear

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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

どんな (どんな)

what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

五つ (いつつ)

five

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

六つ (むっつ、むつ)

six

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

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

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

分かれる (わかれる)

to branch; to fork; to diverge; to separate; to split; to divide; to disperse; to scatter

と (と)

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

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor