年をとるほど、ますます固定観念にとらわれるものです。

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English Translation

The older you grow, the more you tend to adhere to fixed ideas.

Furigana

年(とし)をとるほど、ますます固定(こてい)観念(かんねん)にとらわれるものです。

Romanji

Toshi o toru hodo, masumasu kotei kannen ni torawareru mono desu.

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.

とる (とる)

is being

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

固定 (こてい)

fixation; fixing (e.g. salary, capital); fixed handle

観念 (かんねん)

idea; notion; conception; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; acceptance; observation and contemplation

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

捕らわれる (とらわれる)

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to; to adhere to; to be swayed by

者 (もの、もん)

person

です (です)

be; is