退職を選択する人々は、６２歳という若さで退職を選べるのである。もっとも、その年齢で社会保障年金を受け取り始めると、支払金額が２０％削減されてしまうことになるだろうが。

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English Translation

Those who choose to retire can do so as early as sixty-two, although starting to draw their Social Security pension at that age would mean that the payments are reduced by 20 percent.

Furigana

退職(たいしょく)を選択(せんたく)する人々(ひとびと)は、６２歳(さい)という若(わか)さで退職(たいしょく)を選(えら)べるのである。もっとも、その年齢(ねんれい)で社会(しゃかい)保障(ほしょう)年金(ねんきん)を受(う)け取(と)り始(はじ)めると、支払(しはらい)金額(きんがく)が２０％削減(さくげん)されてしまうことになるだろうが。

Romanji

Taishoku o sentakusuru hitobito wa, roku ni sai toiu wakasa de taishoku o eraberu no de aru. mottomo, sono nenrei de shakai hoshō nenkin o uketorihajimeru to, shiharai kingaku ga ni zero pa-sento sakugensareteshimau koto ni naru darou ga.

Words

退職 (たいしょく)

retirement (from office); resignation

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.

選択 (せんたく)

selection; choice; option

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

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

年齢 (ねんれい)

age; years

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

保証 (ほしょう)

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

年金 (ねんきん)

annuity; pension

受け取る (うけとる)

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

と (と)

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

支払い (しはらい)

payment

金額 (きんがく)

amount of money

が (が)

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

○ (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

削減 (さくげん)

cut; reduction; curtailment

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

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...