最近まで、女性の主な役目は結婚して子供を生むことであった。

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English Translation

Until recently, the main function of women was to marry and give birth to children.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)まで、女性(じょせい)の主(おも)な役目(やくめ)は結婚(けっこん)して子供(こども)を生(う)むことであった。

Romanji

Saikin made, josei no omona yakume wa kekkonshite kodomo o umu koto de atta.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

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

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

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

主 (おも)

chief; main; principal; important; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

役目 (やくめ)

duty; business; role

は (は)

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

子供 (こども)

child; children

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.

産む (うむ)

to give birth; to deliver; to produce

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...