しかし今日では、計算機は学校の試験では自由に使うことが出来るし、数学の試験の時に聞こえる音といえば、子供たちが計算機を叩く音しかしない、という学校も多い。

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English Translation

Nowadays, however, calculators can be used freely in school examinations, and already in many schools the only sound to be heard during a math exam is the sound of children tapping on their calculators.

Furigana

しかし今日(きょう)では、計算機(けいさんき)は学校(がっこう)の試験(しけん)では自由(じゆう)に使(つか)うことが出来(でき)るし、数学(すうがく)の試験(しけん)の時(とき)に聞(き)こえる音(おと)といえば、子供(こども)たちが計算機(けいさんき)を叩(たた)く音(おと)しかしない、という学校(がっこう)も多(おお)い。

Romanji

Shikashi kyō de wa, keisanki wa gakkō no shiken de wa jiyū ni tsukau koto ga dekiru shi, sūgaku no shiken no tokini kikoeru oto to ieba, kodomotachi ga keisanki o tataku oto shika shinai, toiu gakkō mo ōi.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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.

は (は)

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

計算器 (けいさんき)

computer; calculator

学校 (がっこう)

school

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

試験 (しけん)

examination; test; study; trial; experiment

自由 (じゆう)

freedom; liberty; as it pleases you

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

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

し (し)

(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

数学 (すうがく)

mathematics; arithmetic

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

聞こえる (きこえる)

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

音 (おと、ね、おん)

sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

と (と)

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

結う (ゆう、いう)

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

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

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.

叩く (たたく、はたく)

to strike; to clap; to knock; to dust; to beat; to play drums; to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult; to use up money; to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous