私たちの村では、１９６５年よりも１９７５年の方が学校に通っている子供は少なかった。

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English Translation

There were fewer children attending school in our village in 1975 than in 1965.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちの村(むら)では、１９６５年(ねん)よりも１９７５年(ねん)の方(ほう)が学校(がっこう)に通(かよ)っている子供(こども)は少(すく)なかった。

Romanji

Watashitachi no mura de wa, ichi kyū roku go nen yori mo ichi kyū nana go nen no hō ga gakkō ni kayotteiru kodomo wa sukunakatta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

村 (むら)

village

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

より (より)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

学校 (がっこう)

school

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

通う (かよう)

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought); to resemble

子供 (こども)

child; children

少ない (すくない)

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom