田舎の青年の中には都会の生活にあこがれるものが多い。

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English Translation

Many young people in the country long to live in the city.

Furigana

田舎(いなか)の青年(せいねん)の中(なか)には都会(とかい)の生活(せいかつ)にあこがれるものが多(おお)い。

Romanji

Inaka no seinen no nakani wa tokai no seikatsu ni akogareru mono ga ōi.

Words

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

青年 (せいねん)

youth; young man

は (は)

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

都会 (とかい)

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

生活 (せいかつ)

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

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

憧れる (あこがれる)

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous