空腹で苦しむ地域があるというのに、日本国内では多くのレストランや家庭でも多量の食べ物が捨てられているというのは、はずかしい事実です。

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English Translation

It is a shameful fact that, while there are lands where people suffer from hunger, within Japan there are many households and restaurants where much food is thrown away.

Furigana

空腹(くうふく)で苦(くる)しむ地域(ちいき)があるというのに、日本(にっぽん)国内(こくない)では多(おお)くのレストランや家庭(かてい)でも多量(たりょう)の食(た)べ物(もの)が捨(す)てられているというのは、はずかしい事実(じじつ)です。

Romanji

Kūfuku de kurushimu chiiki ga aru to iu noni, Nippon kokunai de wa ōku no resutoran ya katei demo taryō no tabemono ga suterareteiru toiu no wa, hazukashii jijitsu desu.

Words

空腹 (くうふく)

hunger

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

苦しむ (くるしむ)

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

が (が)

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

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

国内 (こくない、こくだい、くぬち)

internal; domestic

は (は)

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

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

レストラン (レストラン、レストラント)

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

家庭 (かてい)

home; family; household

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

多量 (たりょう)

large quantity

食べ物 (たべもの)

food

捨てる (すてる)

to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard; to abandon; to desert; to leave; to give up; to resign

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

恥ずかしい (はずかしい)

shy; ashamed; embarrassed; disgraceful; shameful

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality