せいぜい４０％の生徒しか大学に進学しない。

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English Translation

At most 40 percent of students go on to university.

Furigana

せいぜい４０％の生徒(せいと)しか大学(だいがく)に進学(しんがく)しない。

Romanji

Seizei yon zero pa-sento no seito shika daigaku ni shingakushinai.

Words

精々 (せいぜい)

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

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

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

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

進学 (しんがく)

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university