時間がたつにつれて、人々はそのことにだんだん関心がなくなってきた。

time; hours

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

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

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

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

gradually; by degrees; steps; stairs; staircase; terrace

concern; interest

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)