多くの種類の昆虫が絶滅の危機に瀕している。

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多く の 種類 の 昆虫 が 絶滅 の 危機 に 瀕している 。

English Translation

Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.

Furigana

多(おお)くの種類(しゅるい)の昆虫(こんちゅう)が絶滅(ぜつめつ)の危機(きき)に瀕(ひん)している。

Romanji

Ōku no shurui no konchū ga zetsumetsu no kiki ni hinshiteiru.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

種類 (しゅるい)

variety; kind; type; category; counter for different sorts of things

昆虫 (こんちゅう)

insect; bug

が (が)

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

絶滅 (ぜつめつ)

destruction; extinction

危機 (きき)

crisis; danger; risk

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

Kanji

多

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much

種

Readings: シュ、 たね、 -ぐさ

Meanings: species, kind, class, variety, seed

類

Readings: ルイ、 たぐ.い

Meanings: sort, kind, variety, class, genus

昆

Reading: コン

Meanings: descendants, elder brother, insect

虫

Readings: チュウ、 キ、 むし

Meanings: insect, bug, temper

絶

Readings: ゼツ、 た.える、 た.やす、 た.つ

Meanings: discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress

滅

Readings: メツ、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす

Meanings: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

危

Readings: キ、 あぶ.ない、 あや.うい、 あや.ぶむ

Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

瀕

Readings: ヒン、 ほとり

Meanings: shore, brink, verge