最近の船は乗組員が少なくすむ。

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最近 の 船 は 乗組員 が 少なく すむ 。

English Translation

Modern ships only need a small crew.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)の船(ふね)は乗組員(のりくみいん)が少(すく)なくすむ。

Romanji

Saikin no fune wa norikumiin ga sukunaku sumu.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

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

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

船 (ふね)

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

は (は)

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

乗組員 (のりくみいん)

crew

が (が)

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

少ない (すくない)

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

済む (すむ)

to finish; to end; to be completed; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

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

船

Readings: セン、 ふね、 ふな-

Meanings: ship, boat

乗

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 の.る、 -の.り、 の.せる

Meanings: ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join

組

Readings: ソ、 く.む、 くみ、 -ぐみ

Meanings: association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little