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少年犯罪が目立つが、だからといって一般犯罪件数が減少したわけではない。

Sentence Analyzer

少年 犯罪 目立つ だからといって 一般 犯罪 件数 減少した わけ ない

English Translation

However, the general crime number has not decreased though the juvenile delinquency stands out.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)犯罪(はんざい)目立(めだ)つが、だからといって一般(いっぱん)犯罪(はんざい)件数(けんすう)減少(げんしょう)したわけではない。

Romanji

Shōnen hanzai ga medatsu ga, dakaratoitte ippan hanzai kensū ga genshōshita wake de wa nai.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
犯罪 (はんざい)
crime; offence; offense
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
目立つ (めだつ)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
だからと言って (だからといって)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
一般 (いっぱん)
general; universal; ordinary; average; common
件数 (けんすう)
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
減少 (げんしょう)
decrease; reduction; decline
(わけ)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ハン、 ボン、 おか.す
Meanings: crime, sin, offense
Readings: ザイ、 つみ
Meanings: guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense
Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-
Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Reading: ハン
Meanings: carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind
Readings: ケン、 くだん
Meanings: affair, case, matter, item
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす
Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry