この町の交通機関の問題はロンドンやニューヨークなどの海外の大都市の問題と比べれば、大した事はない。

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English Translation

Our city's transport problems are minor when measured against capitals like London and New York.

Furigana

この町(まち)の交通(こうつう)機関(きかん)の問題(もんだい)はロンドンやニューヨークなどの海外(かいがい)の大都市(だいとし)の問題(もんだい)と比(くら)べれば、大(たい)した事(こと)はない。

Romanji

Kono machi no kōtsū kikan no mondai wa Rondon ya Nyu-Yo-Ku nado no kaigai no daitoshi no mondai to kurabereba, taishita koto wa nai.

Words

此の (この)

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

町 (まち、ちょう)

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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

交通 (こうつう)

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

機関 (きかん)

engine; agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body; system; facility; facilities

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

は (は)

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

倫敦 (ロンドン)

London

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

紐育 (ニューヨーク)

New York (US state, city)

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

海外 (かいがい)

foreign; abroad; overseas

大都市 (だいとし)

metropolis; large city

と (と)

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

比べる (くらべる)

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

大した (たいした)

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix