合衆国は長い間「るつぼ」として知られているが、それは国民のほとんどが移民の子孫だからである。

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English Translation

The United States has long been known as a "melting pot" because most of its people are descended from immigrants.

Furigana

合衆国(がっしゅうこく)は長(なが)い間(ま)「るつぼ」として知(し)られているが、それは国民(こくみん)のほとんどが移民(いみん)の子孫(しそん)だからである。

Romanji

Gasshūkoku wa nagai ma" ru tsu bo" toshite shirareteiru ga, sore wa kokumin no hotondo ga imin no shison da kara de aru.

Words

合衆国 (がっしゅうこく)

federal state; United States of America

は (は)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

人 (にん、たり、り)

counter for people; person

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

ぼる (ぼる)

to ask a high price; to overcharge

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

が (が)

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

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

国民 (こくみん)

nation; nationality; people; citizen

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

移民 (いみん)

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

子孫 (しそん)

descendants; posterity; offspring

だ (だ)

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...