なぜ類人猿は他の動物よりも進化したのか。

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English Translation

Why have the apes evolved more than other animals?

Furigana

なぜ類人猿(るいじんえん)は他(た)の動物(どうぶつ)よりも進化(しんか)したのか。

Romanji

Naze ruijin'en wa ta no dōbutsu yori mo shinkashita no ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

類人猿 (るいじんえん)

anthropoid ape; anthropoid; pongid; ape

は (は)

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

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

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

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

進化 (しんか)

evolution; progress

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way