騒音公害は、人々が環境にもっと敏感でありさえすれば避けることができるのに。

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English Translation

Noise pollution could be avoided if only people were more sensitive to the environment.

Furigana

騒音(そうおん)公害(こうがい)は、人々(ひとびと)が環境(かんきょう)にもっと敏感(びんかん)でありさえすれば避(さ)けることができるのに。

Romanji

Sōon kōgai wa, hitobito ga kankyō ni motto binkan de ari sae sureba sakeru koto ga dekiru noni.

Words

騒音 (そうおん)

noise

公害 (こうがい)

pollution; public nuisance; contamination

は (は)

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

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

環境 (かんきょう)

environment; circumstance

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

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

敏感 (びんかん)

sensibility; susceptibility; sensitive (to); well attuned to

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

さえ (さえ)

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

避ける (さける、よける)

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to