十代の子供たちは親から独立したいと思っている。

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English Translation

Teenagers want to be independent of their parents.

Furigana

十(じゅう)代(だい)の子供(こども)たちは親(おや)から独立(どくりつ)したいと思(おも)っている。

Romanji

Jū dai no kodomotachi wa oya kara dokuritsushitai to omotteiru.

Words

十 (じゅう、とお、と)

ten

代 (だい)

charge; cost; price; generation; age; reign; era; a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); proxy application company; pronoun

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

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

は (は)

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

親 (おや)

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); founder; (pet) owner

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

独立 (どくりつ)

independence (e.g. Independence Day); self-support

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember