人口の増加は深刻な社会問題を生んでいる。

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English Translation

Population growth has given rise to serious social problems.

Furigana

人口(じんこう)の増加(ぞうか)は深刻(しんこく)な社会(しゃかい)問題(もんだい)を生(う)んでいる。

Romanji

Jinkō no zōka wa shinkokuna shakai mondai o undeiru.

Words

人口 (じんこう)

population; common talk

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

増加 (ぞうか)

increase; increment; addition

は (は)

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

深刻 (しんこく)

serious; severe; grave; acute

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

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.

産む (うむ)

to give birth; to deliver; to produce