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若い人はとかくそんなふうに行動するものだ。

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若い とかく そんなふうに 行動する もの

English Translation

Young people are apt to behave that way.

Furigana

(わか)(ひと)はとかくそんなふうに行動(こうどう)するものだ。

Romanji

Wakai hito wa tokaku sonnafūni kōdōsuru mono da.

Words

若い (わかい)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
兎角 (とかく)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; somehow or other; anyhow; anyway; rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)
そんな風に (そんなふうに)
in that manner; like that
行動 (こうどう)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し
Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake