天然染料の方が人工染料より、長い年月にわたって美しい色を保つ。

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English Translation

Natural dyes keep a more beautiful color over the years than artificial dyes.

Furigana

天然(てんねん)染料(せんりょう)の方(ほう)が人工(じんこう)染料(せんりょう)より、長(なが)い年月(としつき)にわたって美(うつく)しい色(いろ)を保(たも)つ。

Romanji

Tennen senryō no hō ga jinkō senryō yori, nagai toshitsuki niwatatte utsukushii iro o tamotsu.

Words

天然 (てんねん)

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

染料 (せんりょう)

dyes

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

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

人工 (じんこう)

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

より (より)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

年月 (としつき、ねんげつ)

months and years

に渡って (にわたって)

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

美しい (うつくしい)

beautiful; lovely

色 (いろ)

colour; color; complexion; appearance; look; love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; kind; type; variety

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.

保つ (たもつ)

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable