最近一人暮しの老人が多い。

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最近 一人暮し の 老人 が 多い 。

English Translation

These days many old people live by themselves.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)一人暮(ひとりぐら)しの老人(ろうじん)が多(おお)い。

Romanji

Saikin hitorigurashi no rōjin ga ōi.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

一人暮らし (ひとりぐらし)

a single life; a solitary life; living alone

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

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

Kanji

最

Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま

Meanings: utmost, most, extreme

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

暮

Readings: ボ、 く.れる、 く.らす

Meanings: evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time

老

Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける

Meanings: old man, old age, grow old

多

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much