• 朝あさ
  • ·morning
  • ·breakfast
  N5
• 人ひと
  • ·person; someone; somebody
  • ·human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
  • ·human (Homo sapiens)
  • ·(other) people; others
  • ·character; personality; nature
  • ·capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
  • ·adult; grown-up
  • ·I; me; one
  N5
• 磨くみがく
  • ·to polish; to shine; to burnish; to scour; to scrub; to brush (teeth); to grind (e.g. a lens)
  • ·to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone; to polish (up); to cultivate (one's character)
  N5
• どれ
  • ·which (of three or more)
  • ·well; now; c'mon
  N5
• 聞くきくAs it appears here: 聞いた
  • ·to hear
  • ·to listen (e.g. to music)
  • ·to ask; to enquire; to query
  • ·to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
  • ·to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
  • ·to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
  • ·to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
  • ·to taste (alcohol); to try
  N5
• みる
  • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
  • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
  • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
  • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
  • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
  • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
  N5
• みるAs it appears here: みて
  • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
  • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
  • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
  • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
  • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
  • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
  N5
• しかし
  • ·however; but
  N5
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  N5
• 高いたかいAs it appears here: 高く
  • ·high; tall
  • ·expensive; high-priced
  • ·high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
  • ·loud
  • ·high-pitched; shrill
  N5
• なる
  • ·to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
  • ·to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
  • ·to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
  • ·to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
  • ·to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
  • ·to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
  • ·to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
  • ·to play (the part of); to act as
  • ·to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
  • ·to be promoted
  • ·to do ...
  N5
• 私わたし
  • ·I; me
  N5
• 両親りょうしん
  • ·parents; both parents
  N5
• 磨くみがくAs it appears here: 磨いて
  • ·to polish; to shine; to burnish; to scour; to scrub; to brush (teeth); to grind (e.g. a lens)
  • ·to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone; to polish (up); to cultivate (one's character)
  N5
• 男性だんせい
  • ·man; male
  • ·masculine gender
  N4
• 女性じょせい
  • ·woman; female
  • ·feminine gender
  N4
• 割合わりあい
  • ·rate; ratio; percentage; proportion
  • ·comparatively
  • ·contrary to expectations
  N4
• 増えるふえるAs it appears here: 増えて
  • ·to increase; to multiply
  N4
• うち
  • ·inside; within
  • ·while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
  • ·among; amongst; (out) of; between
  • ·in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success)
  • ·within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts
  • ·we; our company; our organization
  • ·one's home; one's family
  • ·my spouse; my husband; my wife
  • ·signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
  • ·I; me
  • ·imperial palace grounds
  • ·emperor
  N4
• 祖父そふ
  • ·grandfather
  • ·old man
  • ·kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
  N4
• 性別せいべつ
  • ·(distinction of) sex; gender
  N2
• 次じ
  • ·next
  • ·hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)
  • ·order; sequence; time; times
  N1

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• にしたがってN2

  Expresses that one thing changes in step with another, or that an action follows a rule or instruction, 'in accordance with / as ~ progresses'.

  しかし、その割合は、年齢が高くなるにしたがって「食後」が減り、「食前」が増えていく。

  However, as age increases, the proportion who brush “after eating” decreases, while the proportion who brush “before eating” increases.

• てもN4

  Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.

  年齢でみても、各年齢で一番多いのはやはり「食後」だった。

  By age as well, the largest group in every age range still brushed “after eating.”

• 〜ていくN4

  Marks an action that continues/progresses onward from the present, or is done before moving away — 'to go on doing', 'to do and go'.

  しかし、その割合は、年齢が高くなるにしたがって「食後」が減り、「食前」が増えていく。

  However, as age increases, the proportion who brush “after eating” decreases, while the proportion who brush “before eating” increases.

• 一番（いちばん）N5

  Marks the superlative, singling out the top item in a group — "the most / the best / number one".

  年齢でみても、各年齢で一番多いのはやはり「食後」だった。

  By age as well, the largest group in every age range still brushed “after eating.”

• しかしN5

  Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.

  しかし、その割合は、年齢が高くなるにしたがって「食後」が減り、「食前」が増えていく。

  However, as age increases, the proportion who brush “after eating” decreases, while the proportion who brush “before eating” increases.

• 〜ているN5

  Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

  なるほど、うちでは私と両親は食後に、祖父は食前に磨いている。

  Come to think of it, in my family, my parents and I brush after eating, while my grandfather brushes before eating.