最近の凶悪事件をニュースで見るたび、バーチャルな世界と生きる世界の区別がなくなった若者が急増していることに気付かされる。

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English Translation

These days when I hear about these horrible incidents on the news I get the feeling that more and more young people are losing their ability to distinguish between real and virtual worlds.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)の凶悪(きょうあく)事件(じけん)をニュースで見(み)るたび、バーチャルな世界(せかい)と生(い)きる世界(せかい)の区別(くべつ)がなくなった若者(わかもの)が急増(きゅうぞう)していることに気付(きづ)かされる。

Romanji

Saikin no kyōaku jiken o nyu-su de miru tabi, ba-charu na sekai to ikiru sekai no kubetsu ga nakunatta wakamono ga kyūzōshiteiru koto ni kizukasareru.

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

凶悪 (きょうあく)

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

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.

ニュース (ニュース、ニューズ)

news

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

足袋 (たび)

tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)

バーチャル (バーチャル、ヴァーチャル、バーチュアル)

virtual

だ (だ)

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

世界 (せかい)

the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

区別 (くべつ)

distinction; differentiation; classification

が (が)

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

無くなる (なくなる)

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

若者 (わかもの)

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

急増 (きゅうぞう)

rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although