ソ連軍はアフガニスタンからの撤退を開始した。

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そ連軍 アフガニスタン から 撤退 開始した

English Translation

The Soviet troops started to withdraw from Afghanistan.

Furigana

連軍(れんぐん)はアフガニスタンからの撤退(てったい)開始(かいし)した。

Romanji

Sorengun wa Afuganisutan kara no tettai o kaishishita.

Words

ソ連軍 (ソれんぐん)
Soviet army
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
亜富汗斯坦 (アフガニスタン)
Afghanistan
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
()
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
撤退 (てったい)
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
()
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.
開始 (かいし)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation

Kanji

Readings: レン、 つら.なる、 つら.ねる、 つ.れる、 -づ.れ
Meanings: take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Readings: グン、 いくさ
Meanings: army, force, troops, war, battle
Reading: テツ
Meanings: remove, withdraw, disarm, dismantle, reject, exclude
退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin