年を取れば取るほど、眠る必要がなくなる。

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取れば 取る ほど 眠る 必要 なくなる

English Translation

The older you get, the less sleep you need.

Furigana

(とし)()れば()るほど、(ねむ)必要(ひつよう)がなくなる。

Romanji

Toshi o toreba toru hodo, nemuru hitsuyō ga nakunaru.

Words

(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
()
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
(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
()
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