今の日本には、ボランティア精神を育てる教育が足りない。

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English Translation

We aren't instilling enough of a volunteer spirit in our young people these days.

Furigana

今(いま)の日本(にっぽん)には、ボランティア精神(せいしん)を育(そだ)てる教育(きょういく)が足(た)りない。

Romanji

Ima no Nippon ni wa, boranthia seishin o sodateru kyōiku ga tarinai.

Words

今 (いま)

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

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

は (は)

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

ボランティア (ボランティア、ボランテァ、バランティア)

volunteer

精神 (せいしん)

mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention

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.

育てる (そだてる)

to raise; to rear; to bring up; to train; to teach; to educate; to promote the growth of...; to nurture; to foster; to develop

教育 (きょういく)

training; education

が (が)

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

足りる (たりる)

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do