多くの運動選手は青年時代に盛りを極める。

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多く の 運動 選手 は 青年 時代 に 盛り を 極める 。

English Translation

Most athletes are at their best during their early manhood.

Furigana

多(おお)くの運動(うんどう)選手(せんしゅ)は青年(せいねん)時代(じだい)に盛(も)りを極(きわ)める。

Romanji

Ōku no undō senshu wa seinen jidai ni mori o kiwameru.

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

運動 (うんどう)

exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

は (は)

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

青年 (せいねん)

youth; young man

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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

盛り (もり)

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

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.

極める (きわめる)

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

Kanji

多

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much

運

Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ

Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

選

Readings: セン、 えら.ぶ

Meanings: elect, select, choose, prefer

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

青

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 あお、 あお-、 あお.い

Meanings: blue, green

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

盛

Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 も.る、 さか.る、 さか.ん

Meanings: boom, prosper, copulate

極

Readings: キョク、 ゴク、 きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる

Meanings: poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48