ある種の動物はどんどん数が減ってきている。

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English Translation

Certain animals are fast disappearing.

Furigana

ある種(たね)の動物(どうぶつ)はどんどん数(かず)が減(へ)ってきている。

Romanji

Aru tane no dōbutsu wa dondon kazu ga hettekiteiru.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

種 (たね)

seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

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

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

は (は)

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

どんどん (どんどん)

drumming (noise); rapidly; steadily

が (が)

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

減る (へる)

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate