言葉は時代とともに移りゆく。

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言葉 は 時代 とともに 移りゆく 。

English Translation

Language keeps in step with the times.

Furigana

言葉(ことば)は時代(じだい)とともに移(うつ)りゆく。

Romanji

Kotoba wa jidai totomoni utsuriyuku.

Words

言葉 (ことば、けとば)

language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

は (は)

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

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

と共に (とともに)

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

移る (うつる)

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire)

Kanji

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

葉

Readings: ヨウ、 は

Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

移

Readings: イ、 うつ.る、 うつ.す

Meanings: shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into