古い伝統が消滅しつつある。

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古い 伝統 消滅し つつ ある

English Translation

Old traditions are crumbling away.

Furigana

(ふる)伝統(でんとう)消滅(しょうめつ)しつつある。

Romanji

Furui dentō ga shōmetsushi tsutsu aru.

Words

古い (ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
伝統 (でんとう)
tradition; convention
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
消滅 (しょうめつ)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse; annihilation
つつ (つつ)
while; even though; despite
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Readings: デン、 テン、 つた.わる、 つた.える、 つた.う、 つだ.う、 -づた.い、 つて
Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Readings: トウ、 す.べる、 ほび.る
Meanings: overall, relationship, ruling, governing
Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す
Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Readings: メツ、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす
Meanings: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish