残念ながら、多くの子供たちが、そうした自己中心的な大人たちを手本として育っている。

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English Translation

Regrettably, this self-centered behavior is absorbed by their children.

Furigana

残念(ざんねん)ながら、多(おお)くの子供(こども)たちが、そうした自己(じこ)中心的(ちゅうしんてき)な大人(おとな)たちを手本(てほん)として育(そだ)っている。

Romanji

Zannen nagara, ōku no kodomotachi ga, sōshita jiko chūshinteki na otonatachi o tehon toshite sodatteiru.

Words

残念 (ざんねん)

deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

が (が)

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

然うした (そうした)

such

自己 (じこ)

self; oneself

中心的 (ちゅうしんてき)

central; mainline

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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.

手本 (てほん)

copybook; model; pattern

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

育つ (そだつ)

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)