多くの女性がより高い教養とキャリアを追求し、それ故に結婚と出産を先延ばしにしている。

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English Translation

Many women pursue higher education and careers, thus delaying marriage and childbirth.

Furigana

多(おお)くの女性(じょせい)がより高(たか)い教養(きょうよう)とキャリアを追求(ついきゅう)し、それ故(ゆえ)に結婚(けっこん)と出産(しゅっさん)を先(さき)延(の)ばしにしている。

Romanji

Ōku no josei ga yori takai kyōyō to kyaria o tsuikyūshi, sore yueni kekkon to shussan o saki nobashi ni shiteiru.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

が (が)

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

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

教養 (きょうよう)

cultivation; refinement; culture; education

と (と)

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

キャリア (キャリア、キャリヤ、キャリアー、キャリヤー)

career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); career government employee

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.

追求 (ついきゅう)

pursuing (goal); pursuit; seeking; search; to pursue (e.g. goal); to seek

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

故に (ゆえに)

therefore; consequently

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

出産 (しゅっさん)

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; parturition; confinement; production (of goods)

先 (さき)

previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); front; ahead; the other side; the future; hereafter; destination; the other party

伸ばす (のばす)

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to stretch; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out; to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.); to dilute; to thin out; to postpone; to prolong; to strengthen; to develop; to expand

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to