都市が大きくなればなるほど、空気や水は汚れてくる。

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English Translation

The bigger a city grows, the dirtier the air and water become.

Furigana

都市(とし)が大(おお)きくなればなるほど、空気(くうき)や水(みず)は汚(よご)れてくる。

Romanji

Toshi ga ōkiku nareba naru hodo, kūki ya mizu wa yogoretekuru.

Words

都市 (とし)

town; city; municipal; urban

が (が)

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

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

程 (ほど)

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

空気 (くうき)

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

は (は)

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

汚れる (よごれる)

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity