残念なことに、他の先進諸国と同様に、アメリカも高齢化社会になりつつある。

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English Translation

Unfortunately, like other developed countries, America is graying.

Furigana

残念(ざんねん)なことに、他(た)の先進(せんしん)諸国(しょこく)と同様(どうよう)に、アメリカも高齢化(こうれいか)社会(しゃかい)になりつつある。

Romanji

Zannenna koto ni, ta no senshin shokoku to dōyō ni, Amerika mo kōreika shakai ni nari tsutsu aru.

Words

残念 (ざんねん)

deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

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

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

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

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

先進 (せんしん)

seniority; advance; leadership

諸国 (しょこく)

various countries; various regions; various provinces

と (と)

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

同様 (どうよう)

identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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

高齢化 (こうれいか)

population ageing (aging)

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

なる (なる)

that is in; who is called; that is called; that is

つつ (つつ)

while; even though; despite

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about