年を取れば取るほど、眠る必要がなくなる。
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English Translation
The older you get, the less sleep you need.
Furigana
Romanji
Toshi o toreba toru hodo, nemuru hitsuyō ga nakunaru.
Words
年
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
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.
取る
(とる)
to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
程
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
眠る
(ねむる、ねぶる)
to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes
必要
(ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無くなる
(なくなる)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
Kanji
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to