その大学は去年５００名の卒業生を出した。

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English Translation

The university graduated 500 students last year.

Furigana

その大学(だいがく)は去年(きょねん)５００名(めい)の卒業生(そつぎょうせい)を出(だ)した。

Romanji

Sono daigaku wa kyonen go zero zero mei no sotsugyōsei o dashita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

は (は)

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

去年 (きょねん、こぞ)

last year

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (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

名 (めい)

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

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

卒業生 (そつぎょうせい)

graduate; alumnus

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.

出す (だす)

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to show; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish; to make public; to send (e.g. letter); to produce (a sound); to start (fire); to serve (food); to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...