私たちは豊かな生活水準を当然のことと思っています。

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English Translation

We take our high standard of living for granted.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは豊(ゆた)かな生活(せいかつ)水準(すいじゅん)を当然(とうぜん)のことと思(おも)っています。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa yutakana seikatsu suijun o tōzen no koto to omotteimasu.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

豊か (ゆたか)

abundant; wealthy; plentiful; rich; affluent; very; extremely; full of; great

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

水準 (すいじゅん)

level; standard; water level

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.

当然 (とうぜん)

natural; as a matter of course; justified; deserved; reasonable

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

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember