日本にある会社の約５０パーセントは、従業員にもっと長く休暇を与えることの必要性を認めており、精神的及び肉体的な休養を与えるためには夏休みが必要であると考えている。

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English Translation

About 50 percent of the firms in Japan have acknowledged the necessity of giving their workers longer holidays, and think summer holidays are needed to give their workers both mental and physical refreshment.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)にある会社(かいしゃ)の約(やく)５０パーセントは、従業員(じゅうぎょういん)にもっと長(なが)く休暇(きゅうか)を与(あた)えることの必要性(ひつようせい)を認(みと)めており、精神的(せいしんてき)及(およ)び肉体的(にくたいてき)な休養(きゅうよう)を与(あた)えるためには夏休(なつやす)みが必要(ひつよう)であると考(かんが)えている。

Romanji

Nippon ni aru kaisha no yaku go zero pa-sento wa, jūgyōin ni motto nagaku kyūka o ataeru koto no hitsuyōsei o mitometeori, seishinteki oyobi nikutaiteki na kyūyō o ataeru tameni wa natsuyasumi ga hitsuyō de aru to kangaeteiru.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

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

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (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

パーセント (パーセント)

percent; percentage

は (は)

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

従業員 (じゅうぎょういん)

employee; worker

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

休暇 (きゅうか)

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

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.

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

必要性 (ひつようせい)

necessity

認める (したためる)

to write up

精神的 (せいしんてき)

mental; emotional

及び (および)

and; as well as

肉体的 (にくたいてき)

corporeal; material

だ (だ)

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

休養 (きゅうよう)

rest; break; recreation

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

夏休み (なつやすみ)

summer vacation; summer holiday

が (が)

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on