老人が生活の仕方を変えるのは困難である。

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English Translation

It's hard for an old man to change his way of living.

Furigana

老人(ろうじん)が生活(せいかつ)の仕方(しかた)を変(か)えるのは困難(こんなん)である。

Romanji

Rōjin ga seikatsu no shikata o kaeru no wa konnan de aru.

Words

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

が (が)

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

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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

仕方 (しかた)

way; method; means; resource; course

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.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

は (は)

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

困難 (こんなん)

difficulty; distress

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...