生活様式を変えるように人々を説得するのはとても難しい。

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生活 様式 を 変える ように 人々 を 説得する の は とても 難しい 。

English Translation

It is very difficult to persuade people to change their life style.

Furigana

生活(せいかつ)様式(ようしき)を変(か)えるように人々(ひとびと)を説得(せっとく)するのはとても難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Seikatsu yōshiki o kaeru yōni hitobito o settokusuru no wa totemo muzukashii.

Words

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

様式 (ようしき)

style; form; pattern

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.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

説得 (せっとく)

persuasion

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

は (は)

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

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

Kanji

生

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

活

Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける

Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living

様

Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん

Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix

式

Reading: シキ

Meanings: style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression

変

Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

説

Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く

Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor

得

Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る

Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

難

Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect