このことは、はしや指を使う人々がフォークを使う人々の２倍いることを意味している。

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English Translation

This means that there are twice as many chopstick- and finger-users as fork-users.

Furigana

このことは、はしや指(ゆび)を使(つか)う人々(ひとびと)がフォークを使(つか)う人々(ひとびと)の２倍(ばい)いることを意味(いみ)している。

Romanji

Kono koto wa, hashi ya yubi o tsukau hitobito ga fuxo-ku o tsukau hitobito no ni bai iru koto o imishiteiru.

Words

此の (この)

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

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

は (は)

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

嘴 (くちばし、はし)

beak; bill

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

指 (ゆび、および、おゆび)

finger; toe; digit

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.

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

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

フォーク (フォーク、ホーク)

fork; folk; folk song; hawk

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

倍 (ばい)

twice; double; times; -fold

要る (いる)

to need; to want

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance