年輩の夫婦は贈り物より現金を好むことが多いが、それは、そうした贈り物は必要でもなければ、置く場所もないからである。

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English Translation

Older couples often appreciate cash more than gifts because they neither need nor have room for them.

Furigana

年輩(ねんぱい)の夫婦(ふうふ)は贈(おく)り物(もの)より現金(げんきん)を好(この)むことが多(おお)いが、それは、そうした贈(おく)り物(もの)は必要(ひつよう)でもなければ、置(お)く場所(ばしょ)もないからである。

Romanji

Nenpai no fūfu wa okurimono yori genkin o konomu koto ga ōi ga, sore wa, sōshita okurimono wa hitsuyō demonakereba, oku basho mo nai kara de aru.

Words

年配 (ねんぱい)

elderly; 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

夫婦 (ふうふ、めおと、みょうと)

married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

は (は)

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

贈り物 (おくりもの)

present; gift

より (より)

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

現金 (げんきん)

cash; ready money; money on hand; currency; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

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.

好む (このむ)

to like; to prefer

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

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

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

然うした (そうした)

such

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

場所 (ばしょ)

place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...