その衰退はざっと１９５０年代までさかのぼる事が出来る。

Sentence Analyzer

その 衰退 は ざっと １ ９ ５ ０ 年代 まで さかのぼる 事 が 出来る 。

English Translation

The decline can be traced to the 1950s.

Furigana

その衰退(すいたい)はざっと１９５０年代(ねんだい)までさかのぼる事(こと)が出来(でき)る。

Romanji

Sono suitai wa zatto ichi kyū go zero nendai made sakanoboru koto ga dekiru.

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...

衰退 (すいたい)

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

は (は)

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

ざっと (ざっと)

roughly; in round numbers; cursorily; briefly

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

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

年代 (ねんだい)

age; era; period; date

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

遡る (さかのぼる)

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive

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

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

衰

Readings: スイ、 おとろ.える

Meanings: decline, wane, weaken

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

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

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

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become