第二に、当時のヨーロッパの識字率が低かったことだ。

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English Translation

Secondly, the literacy rate in Europe of that time was low.

Furigana

第(だい)二(に)に、当時(とうじ)のヨーロッパの識字率(しきじりつ)が低(ひく)かったことだ。

Romanji

Dai ni ni, tōji no Yo-Roppa no shikijiritsu ga hikukatta koto da.

Words

第 (だい)

ordinal

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

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

当時 (とうじ)

at that time; in those days

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

欧羅巴 (ヨーロッパ)

Europe

識字率 (しきじりつ)

literacy rate

が (が)

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

低い (ひくい)

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative