トランジスタの発明で新しい時代が始まった。

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English Translation

The invention of the transistor introduced a new era.

Furigana

トランジスタの発明(はつめい)で新(あたら)しい時代(じだい)が始(はじ)まった。

Romanji

Toranjisuta no hatsumei de atarashii jidai ga hajimatta.

Words

トランジスタ (トランジスタ、トランジスター)

electrical transistor

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

発明 (はつめい)

invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear

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.

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

Kanji

発

Readings: ハツ、ホツ、た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

明

Readings: メイ、ミョウ、ミン、あ.かり、あか.るい、あか.るむ、あか.らむ、あき.らか、あ.ける、 -あ.け、あ.く、あ.くる、あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light

新

Readings: シン、あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい-

Meaning: new

時

Readings: ジ、とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

代

Readings: ダイ、タイ、か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

始

Readings: シ、はじ.める、 -はじ.める、はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin