政府は、若年層の要求と、老人の要求との釣り合いをとるのに大いに苦労することになるだろう。

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English Translation

The government will have much trouble balancing the needs of its younger population with the requirements of the old people.

Furigana

政府(せいふ)は、若年層(じゃくねんそう)の要求(ようきゅう)と、老人(ろうじん)の要求(ようきゅう)との釣(つ)り合(あ)いをとるのに大(おお)いに苦労(くろう)することになるだろう。

Romanji

Seifu wa, jakunensō no yōkyū to, rōjin no yōkyū to no tsuriai o toru noni ōini kurōsuru koto ni naru darou.

Words

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

は (は)

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

若年層 (じゃくねんそう)

the young

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

要求 (ようきゅう)

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

釣り合い (つりあい)

balance; equilibrium

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.

とる (とる)

is being

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

大いに (おおいに)

very; much; greatly; a lot of

苦労 (くろう)

troubles; hardships

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

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

だ (だ)

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