人間だけが子供を育てるのに長期間かける。

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English Translation

Human beings alone take a very long time to bring up their little ones.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)だけが子供(こども)を育(そだ)てるのに長期間(ちょうきかん)かける。

Romanji

Ningen dake ga kodomo o sodateru no ni chōkikan kakeru.

Words

人間 (にんげん)

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

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

が (が)

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

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.

育てる (そだてる)

to raise; to rear; to bring up; to train; to teach; to educate; to promote the growth of...; to nurture; to foster; to develop

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

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

長期間 (ちょうきかん)

extended period of time; prolonged; long-range

架ける (かける)

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)