この本に入っている話は若者が直面する多くの問題のいくつかを取り上げている。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

The stories which you will read in this book deal with some of the many problems which face young people.

Furigana

この本(ほん)に入(はい)っている話(はなし)は若者(わかもの)が直面(ちょくめん)する多(おお)くの問題(もんだい)のいくつかを取(と)り上(あ)げている。

Romanji

Kono hon ni haitteiru hanashi wa wakamono ga chokumensuru ōku no mondai no ikutsu ka o toriageteiru.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

は (は)

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

若者 (わかもの)

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

が (が)

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

直面 (ちょくめん)

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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.

取り上げる (とりあげる)

to pick up; to take up; to adopt; to feature; to accept; to listen to; to take away; to confiscate; to deprive; to disqualify; to deliver (a child)