いつから日本人は精白米を食べるようになったのですか？

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English Translation

When did the Japanese start eating polished rice?

Furigana

いつから日本人(にっぽんじん)は精白米(せいはくまい)を食(た)べるようになったのですか？

Romanji

Itsu kara nipponjin wa seihakumai o taberu yō ni natta no desu ka?

Words

何時 (いつ)

when; how soon

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

は (は)

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

精白米 (せいはくまい)

polished rice

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

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

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way