少年少女と呼ぶべき年齢の者から、近く大往生を遂げるのではないかという老齢の者の姿まである。

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English Translation

There were figures there from those of an age best called girls and boys to those who looked to be old enough to be about to live out their life span.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)少女(しょうじょ)と呼(よ)ぶべき年齢(ねんれい)の者(もの)から、近(ちか)く大(だい)往生(おうじょう)を遂(と)げるのではないかという老齢(ろうれい)の者(もの)の姿(すがた)まである。

Romanji

Shōnen shōjo to yobu beki nenrei no mono kara, chikaku dai ōjō o togeru no de wa nai ka toiu rōrei no mono no sugata made aru.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

と (と)

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

呼ぶ (よぶ)

to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

年齢 (ねんれい)

age; years

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

大 (おお)

big; large

往生 (おうじょう)

death; passing to the next life; dying a happy death; giving up a struggle; submission; at wit's end; flummoxed

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.

遂げる (とげる)

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

だ (だ)

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

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

老齢 (ろうれい)

advanced age; senility

姿 (すがた)

figure; form; shape; appearance; dress; guise; state; condition; picture; image; form (of a waka); dressed in ...; wearing ...

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about