平均的長さは７時間４５分で、人間の多くが必要とする時間と大して変わらない。

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English Translation

The average length is seven hours and forty-five minutes, not much different from what a lot of humans need.

Furigana

平均的(へいきんてき)長(なが)さは７時間(じかん)４５分(ふん)で、人間(にんげん)の多(おお)くが必要(ひつよう)とする時間(じかん)と大(たい)して変(か)わらない。

Romanji

Heikinteki nagasa wa nana jikan yon go fun de, ningen no ōku ga hitsuyō to suru jikan to taishite kawaranai.

Words

平均的 (へいきんてき)

average

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

は (は)

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

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

だ (だ)

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

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

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

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

が (が)

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

と (と)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

大して (たいして)

(not so) much; (not) very

変わる (かわる)

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual