これらの数字が示すのは、大学１年生の５人中３人が政治に無関心だということだ。

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English Translation

These figures indicate three in five college first-year students are indifferent to politics.

Furigana

これらの数字(すうじ)が示(しめ)すのは、大学(だいがく)１年生(ねんせい)の５人中(にんちゅう)３人(にん)が政治(せいじ)に無(む)関心(かんしん)だということだ。

Romanji

Korera no sūji ga shimesu no wa, daigaku ichi nensei no go ninchū san nin ga seiji ni mu kanshin da toiu koto da.

Words

これ等 (これら)

these

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

数字 (すうじ)

numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

が (が)

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

示す (しめす)

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display

は (は)

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

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

年生 (ねんせい)

pupil in ... year; student in ... year

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

人中 (じんちゅう、にんちゅう)

in company; among people; philtrum; groove in the upper lip that runs from the bottom of the nose to the lip

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

政治 (せいじ)

politics; government

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

無 (む)

nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; un-; non-

関心 (かんしん)

concern; interest

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

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