この頃は、エネルギー危機の話をよく耳にする。

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English Translation

We often hear about an energy crisis these days.

Furigana

この頃(ころ)は、エネルギー危機(きき)の話(はなし)をよく耳(みみ)にする。

Romanji

Kono koro wa, enerugi- kiki no hanashi o yoku mimi ni suru.

Words

此の (この)

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

頃 (ころ、ごろ)

(approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

は (は)

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

エネルギー (エネルギー)

energy; strength; power; stamina; get-up-and-go; food energy; calories

危機 (きき)

crisis; danger; risk

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

話 (はなし)

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

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.

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

耳 (みみ)

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

頃

Readings: ケイ、キョウ、ころ、ごろ、しばら.く

Meanings: time, about, toward

危

Readings: キ、あぶ.ない、あや.うい、あや.ぶむ

Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy

機

Readings: キ、はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

話

Readings: ワ、はな.す、はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

耳

Readings: ジ、みみ

Meaning: ear