中学・高校では陰湿ないじめが増える傾向にあるという。

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English Translation

In junior high and high schools, they say insidious forms of bullying are on the rise.

Furigana

中学(ちゅうがく)・高校(こうこう)では陰湿(いんしつ)ないじめが増(ふ)える傾向(けいこう)にあるという。

Romanji

Chūgaku kōkō de wa inshitsuna ijime ga fueru keikō ni aru to iu.

Words

中学 (ちゅうがく)

middle school; junior high school

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

高校 (こうこう)

senior high school; high school

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

陰湿 (いんしつ)

malicious; spiteful; vicious; devious; underhanded; sly; damp and shady

苛め (いじめ)

bullying; teasing

が (が)

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

増える (ふえる)

to increase; to multiply

傾向 (けいこう)

tendency; trend; inclination

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

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

と (と)

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

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix