日本の高い家計貯蓄率にはいくつかの理由があるが、中でも家を買うために貯金しようとする人々の欲求に帰せられる。

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English Translation

A high household savings rate in Japan is attributed, among other things, to people's desire to save money to buy a home.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の高(たか)い家計(かけい)貯蓄率(ちょちくりつ)にはいくつかの理由(りゆう)があるが、中(なか)でも家(いえ)を買(か)うために貯金(ちょきん)しようとする人々(ひとびと)の欲求(よっきゅう)に帰(かえ)せられる。

Romanji

Nippon no takai kakei chochikuritsu ni wa ikutsu ka no riyū ga aru ga, nakademo ie o kau tameni chokinshiyou to suru hitobito no yokkyū ni kaeserareru.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

家計 (かけい)

household economy; family finances

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

は (は)

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

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

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

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

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

中でも (なかでも)

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

貯金 (ちょきん)

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

と (と)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

欲求 (よっきゅう)

desire