日本の女性は平均２６歳で結婚する。出生率が下がっているのも不思議ではない。

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English Translation

Japanese women marry at 26 on average. It is no mystery that the birthrate is declining.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の女性(じょせい)は平均(へいきん)２６歳(さい)で結婚(けっこん)する。出生率(しゅっしょうりつ)が下(さ)がっているのも不思議(ふしぎ)ではない。

Romanji

Nippon no josei wa heikin ni roku sai de kekkonsuru. shusshōritsu ga sagatteiru no mo fushigi de wa nai.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

の (の)

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

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

は (は)

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

平均 (へいきん、へいぎん)

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

で (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.

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

出生率 (しゅっしょうりつ、しゅっせいりつ)

birth rate

が (が)

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

下がる (さがる)

to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; to get closer to the present day; to go south

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

不思議 (ふしぎ)

wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix