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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

ご存知の通り、お年寄りがますます多くなってきています。

Sentence Analyzer

ご存知 通り 年寄り ますます 多く なってきています

English Translation

You know, there are more and more old people.

Furigana

存知(ぞんじ)(とお)り、お年寄(としよ)りがますます(おお)くなってきています。

Romanji

Gozonji no tōri, o toshiyori ga masumasu ōku nattekiteimasu.

Words

ご存じ (ごぞんじ)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
()
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
通り (とおり)
avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
年寄り (としより)
old people; the aged; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
益々 (ますます)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
多い (おおい)
many; numerous
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 ...

Kanji

Readings: ソン、 ゾン、 ながら.える、 あ.る、 たも.つ、 と.う
Meanings: exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: キ、 よ.る、 -よ.り、 よ.せる
Meanings: draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much