このように効率が悪いのは、熊の体が大きく、足が太いからである。このため、歩くと体が横に揺れるのだ。

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English Translation

This inefficiency is a result of the animal's large body and massive legs and feet, which contribute a sideways motion to its walk.

Furigana

このように効率(こうりつ)が悪(わる)いのは、熊(くま)の体(からだ)が大(おお)きく、足(あし)が太(ふと)いからである。このため、歩(ある)くと体(からだ)が横(よこ)に揺(ゆ)れるのだ。

Romanji

Kono yōni kōritsu ga warui no wa, kuma no karada ga ōkiku, ashi ga futoi kara de aru. kono tame, aruku to karada ga yoko ni yureru no da.

Words

此の (この)

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

効率 (こうりつ)

efficiency; efficacy; performance; utility factor

が (が)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

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

は (は)

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

熊 (くま)

bear (animal)

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

足 (あし)

foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin

太い (ふとい)

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); daring; shameless; brazen; lucky (billiards)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

為 (ため)

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

歩く (あるく)

to walk

と (と)

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

横 (よこ)

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected

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

揺れる (ゆれる)

to shake; to sway