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熱帯の国々ではたいてい10代で結婚するという話である。

Sentence Analyzer

熱帯 国々 たいてい 結婚する という ある

English Translation

They say that in tropical countries people usually marry in their teens.

Furigana

熱帯(ねったい)国々(くにぐに)ではたいてい10(だい)結婚(けっこん)するという(はなし)である。

Romanji

Nettai no kuniguni de wa taitei ichi zero dai de kekkonsuru toiu hanashi de aru.

Words

熱帯 (ねったい)
tropics
()
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
国々 (くにぐに)
countries
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
大抵 (たいてい)
mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably; most; almost all; ordinary; proper; appropriate; moderate
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
(だい)
charge; cost; price; generation; age; reign; era; a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); proxy application company; pronoun
結婚 (けっこん)
marriage
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(はなし)
talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: ネツ、 あつ.い
Meanings: heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion
Readings: タイ、 お.びる、 おび
Meanings: sash, belt, obi, zone, region
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Reading: コン
Meaning: marriage
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk