最近は日本で働いたり勉強したりする外国人が多くなった。

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English Translation

Recently, the number of foreigners working or studying in Japan has increased.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)は日本(にっぽん)で働(はたら)いたり勉強(べんきょう)したりする外国人(がいこくじん)が多(おお)くなった。

Romanji

Saikin wa Nippon de hatarai tari benkyōshi tari suru gaikokujin ga ōku natta.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

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

は (は)

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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.

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

勉強 (べんきょう)

study; diligence; discount; reduction

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...