少子化と人口の老齢化を見越して業務内容を大幅に変更したあの会社は先見の明があったわけだ。

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English Translation

It was very far-sighted for that company to change its policy to accommodate the decrease in numbers of children and the aging of society.

Furigana

少子化(しょうしか)と人口(じんこう)の老齢化(ろうれいか)を見越(みこ)して業務(ぎょうむ)内容(ないよう)を大幅(おおはば)に変更(へんこう)したあの会社(かいしゃ)は先見(せんけん)の明(めい)があったわけだ。

Romanji

Shōshika to jinkō no rōreika o mikoshite gyōmu naiyō o ōhaba ni henkōshita ano kaisha wa senken no mei ga atta wake da.

Words

少子化 (しょうしか)

declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

と (と)

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

人口 (じんこう)

population; common talk

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

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.

見越す (みこす)

to anticipate; to foresee

業務 (ぎょうむ)

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task; action; function; (business) operations; operational

内容 (ないよう)

subject; contents; matter; substance; detail; import

大幅 (おおはば)

big; large; drastic; substantial; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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

変更 (へんこう)

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

は (は)

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

先見 (せんけん)

foresight; anticipation

明 (めい)

brightness; clarity; acumen; power of vision

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

訳 (わけ)

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

少

Readings: ショウ、すく.ない、すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

子

Readings: シ、ス、ツ、こ、 -こ、ね

Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

化

Readings: カ、ケ、ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する

Meanings: change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

人

Readings: ジン、ニン、ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

口

Readings: コウ、ク、くち

Meaning: mouth

老

Readings: ロウ、お.いる、ふ.ける

Meanings: old man, old age, grow old

齢

Readings: レイ、よわい、とし

Meaning: age

見

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

越

Readings: エツ、オツ、こ.す、 -こ.す、 -ご.し、こ.える、 -ご.え

Meanings: surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam

業

Readings: ギョウ、ゴウ、わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

務

Readings: ム、つと.める

Meanings: task, duties

内

Readings: ナイ、ダイ、うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home

容

Readings: ヨウ、い.れる

Meanings: contain, form, looks

大

Readings: ダイ、タイ、おお-、おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

幅

Readings: フク、はば

Meanings: hanging scroll, width

変

Readings: ヘン、か.わる、か.わり、か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange

更

Readings: コウ、さら、さら.に、ふ.ける、ふ.かす

Meanings: grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further

会

Readings: カイ、エ、あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

社

Readings: シャ、やしろ

Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine

先

Readings: セン、さき、ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

明

Readings: メイ、ミョウ、ミン、あ.かり、あか.るい、あか.るむ、あか.らむ、あき.らか、あ.ける、 -あ.け、あ.く、あ.くる、あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light