これは、結婚に対する人々の見方が変わったことと、１日２４時間あいているファーストフード・ストアやコンビニエンス・ストアが急速に増加して、若い人たちがもっと気楽に暮らせるようになったためかもしれない。

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English Translation

This may be because of a change in people's attitude toward marriage and the sharp increase of fast food restaurants and convenience stores which are open 24 hours a day and enable young people to live more easily.

Furigana

これは、結婚(けっこん)に対(たい)する人々(ひとびと)の見方(みかた)が変(か)わったことと、１日(にち)２４時間(じかん)あいているファーストフード・ストアやコンビニエンス・ストアが急速(きゅうそく)に増加(ぞうか)して、若(わか)い人(ひと)たちがもっと気楽(きらく)に暮(く)らせるようになったためかもしれない。

Romanji

Kore wa, kekkon nitaisuru hitobito no mikata ga kawatta koto to, ichi nichi ni yon jikan aiteiru fuxa-sutofu-dosutoa ya konbiniensu sutoa ga kyūsoku ni zōkashite, wakai hitotachi ga motto kiraku ni kuraseru yō ni natta tame kamo shirenai.

Words

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

は (は)

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

に対する (にたいする)

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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

見方 (みかた)

viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)

が (が)

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

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

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

と (と)

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

一 (いち)

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

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

開く (あく)

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be free; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.); to come to an end; to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.); to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

コンビニエンス (コンビニエンス)

convenience

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

ストア (ストア、ストアー)

store; shop; stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico); store; Stoic

急速 (きゅうそく)

rapid (e.g. progress)

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

増加 (ぞうか)

increase; increment; addition

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

人達 (ひとたち)

people

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

気楽 (きらく)

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

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 ...

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

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