退職年齢に近づいた人々は、仕事を続けるかやめるかを選択できる。

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English Translation

Those approaching retirement age have the choice of working or not working.

Furigana

退職(たいしょく)年齢(ねんれい)に近(ちか)づいた人々(ひとびと)は、仕事(しごと)を続(つづ)けるかやめるかを選択(せんたく)できる。

Romanji

Taishoku nenrei ni chikazuita hitobito wa, shigoto o tsuzukeru ka yameru ka o sentaku dekiru.

Words

退職 (たいしょく)

retirement (from office); resignation

年齢 (ねんれい)

age; years

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

近づく (ちかづく、ちかずく)

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

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

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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.

続ける (つづける)

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

止める (やめる)

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit; to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain

選択 (せんたく)

selection; choice; option

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant