退職者は、自分たちを用なしで非生産的と感じることが多い。

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English Translation

The retired often feel that they are useless and unproductive.

Furigana

退職者(たいしょくしゃ)は、自分(じぶん)たちを用(よう)なしで非(ひ)生産的(せいさんてき)と感(かん)じることが多(おお)い。

Romanji

Taishokusha wa, jibuntachi o yō nashi de hi seisanteki to kanjiru koto ga ōi.

Words

退職者 (たいしょくしゃ)

retired person; retiree

は (は)

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

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.

用 (よう)

task; business; use; duty; service; call of nature; excretion

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

だ (だ)

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

非 (ひ)

fault; error; mistake; going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable; un-; non-; an-

生産的 (せいさんてき)

productive; constructive; meaningful

と (と)

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

感じる (かんじる)

to feel; to sense; to experience

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

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous