古い伝統が消滅しつつある。

古い伝統が消滅しつつある。

Old traditions are crumbling away.

古(ふる)い伝統(でんとう)が消滅(しょうめつ)しつつある。

Furui dentō ga shōmetsushi tsutsu aru.

古い (ふるい)

old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article

伝統 (でんとう)

tradition; convention

が (が)

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

消滅 (しょうめつ)

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse; annihilation

つつ (つつ)

while; even though; despite

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

Readings: コ、ふる.い、ふる-、 -ふる.す

Meaning: old

Readings: デン、テン、つた.わる、つた.える、つた.う、つだ.う、 -づた.い、つて

Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition

Readings: トウ、す.べる、ほび.る

Meanings: overall, relationship, ruling, governing

Readings: ショウ、き.える、け.す

Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

Readings: メツ、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

Meanings: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish