全会社員のほとんど３分の１の人が、眼鏡をかけている。

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English Translation

Almost one-third of all office workers wear spectacles.

Furigana

全(ぜん)会社員(かいしゃいん)のほとんど３分(ぶん)の１の人(ひと)が、眼鏡(めがね)をかけている。

Romanji

Zen kaishain no hotondo san bunno ichi no hito ga, megane o kaketeiru.

Words

全 (ぜん)

all; whole; entire; complete; overall; pan-; omni-; toti-

会社員 (かいしゃいん)

company employee

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

一 (いち)

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

眼鏡 (めがね、がんきょう、メガネ)

spectacles; glasses; judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight

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.

掛ける (かける)

to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); to sit; to take (time, money); to expend (money, time, etc.); to make (a call); to multiply; to secure (e.g. lock); to put on (glasses, etc.); to cover; to burden someone; to apply (insurance); to turn on (an engine, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on; to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.); to bind; to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto; to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.); to increase further; to catch (in a trap, etc.); to set atop; to erect (a makeshift building); to hold (a play, festival, etc.); to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble; to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ...; indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone)