時が経つのにつれて、フットボールの試合をより安全な競技にするために規則が付け加えられていったのです。

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English Translation

As time went on, rules were added to the game to make it safer.

Furigana

時(とき)が経(た)つのにつれて、フットボールの試合(しあい)をより安全(あんぜん)な競技(きょうぎ)にするために規則(きそく)が付(つ)け加(くわ)えられていったのです。

Romanji

Toki ga tatsu no nitsurete, futtobo-ru no shiai o yori anzenna kyōgi ni suru tameni kisoku ga tsukekuwaerareteitta no desu.

Words

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

が (が)

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

経つ (たつ)

to pass; to lapse

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

に連れて (につれて)

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

フットボール (フットボール)

football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)

試合 (しあい)

match; game; bout; contest

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.

より (より)

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

安全 (あんぜん)

safety; security

競技 (きょうぎ)

game; match; contest

に (に)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

規則 (きそく)

rules; regulations; conventions

付け加える (つけくわえる)

to add one thing to another

です (です)

be; is