その数字は新入生の約３分の２が政治に無関心であることを示している。

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English Translation

The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.

Furigana

その数字(すうじ)は新入生(しんにゅうせい)の約(やく)３分(ぶん)の２が政治(せいじ)に無(む)関心(かんしん)であることを示(しめ)している。

Romanji

Sono sūji wa shinnyūsei no yaku san bunno ni ga seiji ni mu kanshin de aru koto o shimeshiteiru.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

数字 (すうじ)

numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

は (は)

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

新入生 (しんにゅうせい)

new student; freshman; first-year student

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

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

が (が)

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

政治 (せいじ)

politics; government

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

無 (む)

nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; un-; non-

関心 (かんしん)

concern; interest

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

示す (しめす)

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display