都会と田舎の生活の中庸を見つけるのは難しい。

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English Translation

It is difficult to find a happy medium between city and countryside.

Furigana

都会(とかい)と田舎(いなか)の生活(せいかつ)の中庸(ちゅうよう)を見(み)つけるのは難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Tokai to inaka no seikatsu no chūyō o mitsukeru no wa muzukashii.

Words

都会 (とかい)

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

と (と)

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

田舎 (いなか)

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

中庸 (ちゅうよう)

middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path; the Doctrine of the Mean - one of the Four Books

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.

見つける (みつける、みっける)

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

は (は)

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

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky