今や男女の賃金を平等にするだけでなく、家事の責任も平等にすべき時である。

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English Translation

It is time not only to equalize men's and women's wages, but also to equalize responsibility for housework.

Furigana

今(いま)や男女(だんじょ)の賃金(ちんぎん)を平等(びょうどう)にするだけでなく、家事(かじ)の責任(せきにん)も平等(びょうどう)にすべき時(とき)である。

Romanji

Imaya danjo no chingin o byōdō ni suru dake denaku, kaji no sekinin mo byōdō ni su beki toki de aru.

Words

今や (いまや)

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

男女 (だんじょ、なんにょ)

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

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

賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)

wages; cash payment of rent

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.

平等 (びょうどう)

equality; impartiality; evenness

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

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

家事 (かじ)

housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

責任 (せきにん)

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...