すべての発端は、１９５５年１２月１日、アラバマ州モントゴメリーで起こった事件であった。

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English Translation

It all started in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955.

Furigana

すべての発端(ほったん)は、１９５５年(ねん)１２月(じゅうにがつ)１日(にち)、アラバマ州(しゅう)モントゴメリーで起(お)こった事件(じけん)であった。

Romanji

Subete no hottan wa, ichi kyū go go nen jūnigatsu ichi nichi, Arabamashū montogomeri- de okotta jiken de atta.

Words

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

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

発端 (ほったん)

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

は (は)

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

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

年 (とし)

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

十二月 (じゅうにがつ)

December

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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.

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...