年をとった人は世の中を現在あるがままにしておきたがる。他方、若者は世の中を変えたがる。

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English Translation

Aged people like to keep the world the way it is. On the other hand young people love to change the world.

Furigana

年(とし)をとった人(ひと)は世(よ)の中(なか)を現在(げんざい)あるがままにしておきたがる。他方(たほう)、若者(わかもの)は世(よ)の中(なか)を変(か)えたがる。

Romanji

Toshi o totta hito wa yononaka o genzai aru ga mamani shiteokitagaru. tahō, wakamono wa yononaka o kaetagaru.

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.

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

世の中 (よのなか)

society; the world; the times

現在 (げんざい)

now; current; present; present time; as of

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

が (が)

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

儘に (ままに)

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

他方 (たほう)

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; on the other hand

若者 (わかもの)

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

変える (かえる)

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