今日、西ヨーロッパの７人に１人は老人です。

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English Translation

Today, one of every seven people in Western Europe is classified as elderly.

Furigana

今日(きょう)、西(にし)ヨーロッパの７人(にん)に１人(にん)は老人(ろうじん)です。

Romanji

Kyō, nishi Yo-Roppa no nana nin ni ichi nin wa rōjin desu.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

西 (にし)

west

欧羅巴 (ヨーロッパ)

Europe

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

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

は (は)

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

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

です (です)

be; is