裕福な人々と貧しい人々との格差はますます広がっている。

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English Translation

The gap between rich and poor is getting wider.

Furigana

裕福(ゆうふく)な人々(ひとびと)と貧(まず)しい人々(ひとびと)との格差(かくさ)はますます広(ひろ)がっている。

Romanji

Yūfukuna hitobito to mazushii hitobito to no kakusa wa masumasu hirogatteiru.

Words

裕福 (ゆうふく)

affluence; prosperity

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

と (と)

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

貧しい (まずしい)

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

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

格差 (かくさ)

qualitative difference; disparity

は (は)

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

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

広がる (ひろがる)

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)