若者は戦火というものを頭でしか知らない。

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English Translation

Young people know the disasters of war only in the abstract.

Furigana

若者(わかもの)は戦火(せんか)というものを頭(あたま)でしか知(し)らない。

Romanji

Wakamono wa senka toiu mono o atama de shika shiranai.

Words

若者 (わかもの)

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

は (は)

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

戦火 (せんか)

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

者 (もの、もん)

person

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.

頭 (あたま、かしら)

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern