少なくとも４９％の生徒が大学に進学する。

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English Translation

At least 49 percent of students go on to university.

Furigana

少(すく)なくとも４９％の生徒(せいと)が大学(だいがく)に進学(しんがく)する。

Romanji

Sukunakutomo yon kyū pa-sento no seito ga daigaku ni shingakusuru.

Words

少なくとも (すくなくとも)

at least

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

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

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

が (が)

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

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

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

進学 (しんがく)

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university