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まず第一に、私たちはそれを始める資本金がなくてはならない。

Sentence Analyzer

まず 私たち それ 始める 資本金 なくて はならない

English Translation

In the first place, we must have capital to begin it with.

Furigana

まず(だい)(いち)に、(わたし)たちはそれを(はじ)める資本金(しほんきん)がなくてはならない。

Romanji

Mazu dai ichi ni, watashitachi wa sore o hajimeru shihonkin ga nakute wanaranai.

Words

先ず (まず)
first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)
(だい)
ordinal
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
()
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
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
()
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.
始める (はじめる)
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...
資本金 (しほんきん)
capital stock
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin
Reading: 
Meanings: assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold