ある調査によると、今日では５人中３人が外交問題には無関心のようだ。

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English Translation

According to a survey, three in five people today are indifferent to foreign affairs.

Furigana

ある調査(ちょうさ)によると、今日(きょう)では５人中(にんちゅう)３人(にん)が外交(がいこう)問題(もんだい)には無(む)関心(かんしん)のようだ。

Romanji

Aru chōsa ni yoru to, kyō de wa go ninchū san nin ga gaikō mondai ni wa mu kanshin no yō da.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

調査 (ちょうさ)

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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

因る (よる)

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at

と (と)

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

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

人中 (じんちゅう、にんちゅう)

in company; among people; philtrum; groove in the upper lip that runs from the bottom of the nose to the lip

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

が (が)

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

外交 (がいこう)

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

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

無 (む)

nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; un-; non-

関心 (かんしん)

concern; interest

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

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

だ (だ)

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