年を取れば取るほど、眠る必要がなくなる。

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English Translation

The older you get, the less sleep you need.

Furigana

年(とし)を取(と)れば取(と)るほど、眠(ねむ)る必要(ひつよう)がなくなる。

Romanji

Toshi o toreba toru hodo, nemuru hitsuyō ga nakunaru.

Words

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)

to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

が (が)

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

無くなる (なくなる)

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

Kanji

年

Readings: ネン、とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

取

Readings: シュ、と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

眠

Readings: ミン、ねむ.る、ねむ.い

Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy

必

Readings: ヒツ、かなら.ず

Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable

要

Readings: ヨウ、い.る、かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to