多くの国で、１８才以下は未成年とみなされ、投票することはできない。

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English Translation

In most countries, people under the age of 18 are considered minors - they cannot vote.

Furigana

多(おお)くの国(くに)で、１８才(さい)以下(いか)は未成年(みせいねん)とみなされ、投票(とうひょう)することはできない。

Romanji

Ōku no kuni de, ichi hachi sai ika wa miseinen to minasare, tōhyōsuru koto wa dekinai.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

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.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

八 (はち、や)

eight

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

以下 (いか、いげ)

not exceeding; and downward; ... and below; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following; the rest

は (は)

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

未成年 (みせいねん)

minor; not of age

と (と)

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

見なす (みなす)

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

投票 (とうひょう)

voting; poll

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant