高く登るにつれて、空気はますます薄くなる。

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高く 登る につれて 、 空気 は ますます 薄く なる 。

English Translation

As we go up higher, the air becomes thinner.

Furigana

高(たか)く登(のぼ)るにつれて、空気(くうき)はますます薄(うす)くなる。

Romanji

Takaku noboru nitsurete, kūki wa masumasu usuku naru.

Words

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

上る (のぼる)

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

空気 (くうき)

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

は (は)

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

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

薄い (うすい)

thin; pale; light; watery; dilute; sparse; weak (taste, etc.); slim (probability, etc.); small

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

高

Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める

Meanings: tall, high, expensive

登

Readings: トウ、 ト、 ドウ、 ショウ、 チョウ、 のぼ.る、 あ.がる

Meanings: ascend, climb up

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

薄

Readings: ハク、 うす.い、 うす-、 -うす、 うす.める、 うす.まる、 うす.らぐ、 うす.ら-、 うす.れる、 すすき

Meanings: dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass