若い者が老人を尊敬するのはきわめて当然なことである。

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English Translation

Respect of the young for the old is quite natural.

Furigana

若(わか)い者(もの)が老人(ろうじん)を尊敬(そんけい)するのはきわめて当然(とうぜん)なことである。

Romanji

Wakai mono ga rōjin o sonkeisuru no wa kiwamete tōzen na koto de aru.

Words

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

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.

尊敬 (そんけい)

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

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

は (は)

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

極めて (きわめて)

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

当然 (とうぜん)

natural; as a matter of course; justified; deserved; reasonable

だ (だ)

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

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...