最近は、結婚しても自分の姓を変えたくないという女性が増えている。

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English Translation

These days the number of women who don't want to change their family names even after they get married is increasing.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)は、結婚(けっこん)しても自分(じぶん)の姓(せい)を変(か)えたくないという女性(じょせい)が増(ふ)えている。

Romanji

Saikin wa, kekkonshite mo jibun no sei o kaetakunai toiu josei ga fueteiru.

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

姓 (せい、しょう、そう)

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

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.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

が (が)

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

増える (ふえる)

to increase; to multiply