若い日本人の中には、結婚するより独身でいることを好む者もいる。

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English Translation

Some young Japanese people prefer being single to being married.

Furigana

若(わか)い日本人(にっぽんじん)の中(なか)には、結婚(けっこん)するより独身(どくしん)でいることを好(この)む者(もの)もいる。

Romanji

Wakai nipponjin no nakani wa, kekkonsuru yori dokushin de iru koto o konomu mono mo iru.

Words

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

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

は (は)

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

独身 (どくしん)

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

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.

要る (いる)

to need; to want

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

好む (このむ)

to like; to prefer

者 (もの、もん)

person

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other