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近ごろ、少年犯罪が増えた。

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近ごろ 少年 犯罪 増えた

English Translation

Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.

Furigana

(ちか)ごろ、少年(しょうねん)犯罪(はんざい)()えた。

Romanji

Chikagoro, shōnen hanzai ga fueta.

Words

近頃 (ちかごろ)
lately; recently; nowadays
少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
犯罪 (はんざい)
crime; offence; offense
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
増える (ふえる)
to increase; to multiply

Kanji

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ハン、 ボン、 おか.す
Meanings: crime, sin, offense
Readings: ザイ、 つみ
Meanings: guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense
Readings: ゾウ、 ま.す、 ま.し、 ふ.える、 ふ.やす
Meanings: increase, add, augment, gain, promote