彼は時代の流れに遅れないようにしている。
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English Translation
He is trying to keep up with the current of the times.
Furigana
Romanji
Kare wa jidai no nagare ni okurenai yō ni shiteiru.
Words
彼
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
時代
(じだい)
period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece
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
流れ
(ながれ)
stream; current; flow; course of events
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
遅れる
(おくれる)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue
様
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
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
Kanji
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い
Meanings: slow, late, back, later