最近、周りでも離婚が多いようだけど、子は鎹って事は、今は昔となったのかね。

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English Translation

Lately I see a lot of parents getting divorced. I wonder if the idea of kids being a bond between their parents is just a thing of the past.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)、周(まわ)りでも離婚(りこん)が多(おお)いようだけど、子(こ)は鎹()って事(こと)は、今(いま)は昔(むかし)となったのかね。

Romanji

Saikin, mawari de mo rikon ga ōi yō da kedo, ko wa tte koto wa, ima wa mukashi to natta no ka ne.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

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

周り (まわり)

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

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.

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

離婚 (りこん)

divorce

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

だ (だ)

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

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

子 (こ)

child; young (animal); young woman; young geisha; offshoot; interest; new shares; player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); bird egg; -er (often of young women)

は (は)

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

鎹 (かすがい)

clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

と (と)

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

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 ...

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not