まずやって来たのはケルト族で、紀元前６００年のことでした。

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English Translation

First came the Celts in 600 B. C.

Furigana

まずやって来(き)たのはケルト族(ぞく)で、紀元前(きげんぜん)６００年(ねん)のことでした。

Romanji

Mazu yattekita no wa Kerutozoku de, kigenzen roku zero zero nen no koto deshita.

Words

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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

は (は)

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

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.

紀元前 (きげんぜん)

pre-era; BC; BCE

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

デス (デス)

death