人間の物欲はその収入が増すにつれて大きくなる。

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English Translation

Men's wants become greater in proportion to the increase in their income.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)の物欲(ぶつよく)はその収入(しゅうにゅう)が増(ま)すにつれて大(おお)きくなる。

Romanji

Ningen no butsuyoku wa sono shūnyū ga masu nitsurete ōkiku naru.

Words

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

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

物欲 (ぶつよく)

greed; worldly or materialistic desires

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

収入 (しゅうにゅう)

income; receipts; revenue

が (が)

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

増す (ます)

to increase; to grow

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

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 ...