大学卒業生の未就職者は４０００人以上に及んでいる。

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English Translation

The number of unemployed college graduates amounts to more than 4000.

Furigana

大学(だいがく)卒業生(そつぎょうせい)の未(み)就職者(しゅうしょくしゃ)は４０００人(にん)以上(いじょう)に及(およ)んでいる。

Romanji

Daigaku sotsugyōsei no mi shūshokusha wa yon zero zero zero nin ijōni oyondeiru.

Words

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

卒業生 (そつぎょうせい)

graduate; alumnus

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

未 (み)

not yet; un-

就職者 (しゅうしょくしゃ)

employed person

は (は)

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (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

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

及ぶ (およぶ)

to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for); to commit (a crime); to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)