４７５年はローマ帝国の「衰退」を示す年ではあっても、「滅亡」を意味する年ではありません。

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４７５年はろーま帝国の「衰退」を示す年ではあっても、「滅亡」を意味する年ではありません。

English Translation

Although 475AD is the year that shows the 'decline' of the Roman Empire, it is not the year of its 'fall'.

Furigana

４７５年(ねん)はローマ帝国(ていこく)の「衰退(すいたい)」を示(しめ)す年(とし)ではあっても、「滅亡(めつぼう)」を意味(いみ)する年(とし)ではありません。

Romanji

Yon nana go nen wa Ro-Mateikoku no" suitai" o shimesu toshi de wa atte mo," metsubō" o imisuru toshi de wa arimasen.

Words

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

は (は)

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

ローマ帝国 (ローマていこく)

Roman Empire

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

衰退 (すいたい)

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

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.

示す (しめす)

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

滅亡 (めつぼう)

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance