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今日では都会の暮らしより田舎の暮らしを好む人がますます多くなっている。

Sentence Analyzer

今日 都会 暮らし より 田舎 暮らし 好む ますます 多く なっている

English Translation

Nowadays more and more people prefer country life to city life.

Furigana

今日(きょう)では都会(とかい)()らしより田舎(いなか)()らしを(この)(ひと)がますます(おお)くなっている。

Romanji

Kyō de wa tokai no kurashi yori inaka no kurashi o konomu hito ga masumasu ōku natteiru.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
(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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
都会 (とかい)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
()
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
暮らし (くらし)
life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
田舎 (いなか)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
()
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.
好む (このむ)
to like; to prefer
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
益々 (ますます)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
多い (おおい)
many; numerous
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 ...

Kanji

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ト、 ツ、 みやこ
Meanings: metropolis, capital
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: ボ、 く.れる、 く.らす
Meanings: evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time
Readings: デン、 た
Meanings: rice field, rice paddy
Readings: シャ、 セキ、 やど.る
Meanings: cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much