世界には約６０億の人々が暮らしている。

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世界には約６０億の人々が暮らしている。

English Translation

There are about 6 billion people in the world.

Furigana

世界(せかい)には約(やく)６０億(おく)の人々(ひとびと)が暮(く)らしている。

Romanji

Sekai ni wa yaku roku zero oku no hitobito ga kurashiteiru.

Words

世界 (せかい)

the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space

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

は (は)

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

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

億 (おく)

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

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

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

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)