アメリカ人は人生のほとんどを働き、生産しながら過ごす。

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あめりか人 は 人生 の ほとんど を 働き 、 生産し ながら 過ごす 。

English Translation

Americans spend most of their lives working, being productive.

Furigana

アメリカ人(じん)は人生(じんせい)のほとんどを働(はたら)き、生産(せいさん)しながら過(す)ごす。

Romanji

Amerikajin wa jinsei no hotondo o hataraki, seisanshi nagara sugosu.

Words

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

は (は)

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

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

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.

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

生産 (せいさん)

production; manufacture

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

過ごす (すごす)

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it

Kanji

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

生

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

働

Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く

Meanings: work, (kokuji)

産

Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す

Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

過

Readings: カ、 す.ぎる、 -す.ぎる、 -す.ぎ、 す.ごす、 あやま.つ、 あやま.ち、 よ.ぎる

Meanings: overdo, exceed, go beyond, error