しかし老人の現在のこうした低い地位も変わりつつあるのかもしれない。

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English Translation

The current low status of the elderly may be changing, however.

Furigana

しかし老人(ろうじん)の現在(げんざい)のこうした低(ひく)い地位(ちい)も変(か)わりつつあるのかもしれない。

Romanji

Shikashi rōjin no genzai no kōshita hikui chii mo kawari tsutsu aru no kamo shirenai.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

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

現在 (げんざい)

now; current; present; present time; as of

斯うした (こうした)

such

低い (ひくい)

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

地位 (ちい)

(social) position; status

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

変わる (かわる)

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

つつ (つつ)

while; even though; despite

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe