多くの運動選手は青年時代に盛りを極める。

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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