今日の青年は学問を軽視する傾向がある。

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今日の青年は学問を軽視する傾向がある。

English Translation

Nowadays young men are apt to make light of learning.

Furigana

今日(きょう)の青年(せいねん)は学問(がくもん)を軽視(けいし)する傾向(けいこう)がある。

Romanji

Kyō no seinen wa gakumon o keishisuru keikō ga aru.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; 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

青年 (せいねん)

youth; young man

は (は)

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

学問 (がくもん)

scholarship; study; learning

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.

軽視 (けいし)

making light of; slight; ignore; neglect; contempt; disdain

傾向 (けいこう)

tendency; trend; inclination

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about