時がたつにつれて問題はさらに深刻になってきた。

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時 が たつ につれて 問題 は さらに 深刻 に なってきた 。

English Translation

As time has passed; the problem has proved more serious.

Furigana

時(とき)がたつにつれて問題(もんだい)はさらに深刻(しんこく)になってきた。

Romanji

Toki ga tatsu nitsurete mondai wa sarani shinkoku ni nattekita.

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

起つ (たつ)

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

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.)

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

は (は)

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

更に (さらに)

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

深刻 (しんこく)

serious; severe; grave; acute

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

問

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

題

Reading: ダイ

Meanings: topic, subject

深

Readings: シン、 ふか.い、 -ぶか.い、 ふか.まる、 ふか.める、 み-

Meanings: deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

刻

Readings: コク、 きざ.む、 きざ.み

Meanings: engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving