アメリカの場合に比べれば、日本人の結婚は、離婚に終わることはまれである。

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English Translation

Compared with those in America, Japanese marriages rarely end in divorce.

Furigana

アメリカの場合(ばあい)に比(くら)べれば、日本人(にっぽんじん)の結婚(けっこん)は、離婚(りこん)に終(お)わることはまれである。

Romanji

Amerika no baai ni kurabereba, nipponjin no kekkon wa, rikon ni owaru koto wa mare de aru.

Words

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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

場合 (ばあい)

case; situation

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

比べる (くらべる)

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

は (は)

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

離婚 (りこん)

divorce

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

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

稀 (まれ)

rare; seldom

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...