この習慣は江戸時代に始まった。

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この 習慣 は 江戸 時代 に 始まった 。

English Translation

This custom began in the Edo Period.

Furigana

この習慣(しゅうかん)は江戸(えど)時代(じだい)に始(はじ)まった。

Romanji

Kono shūkan wa Edo jidai ni hajimatta.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

は (は)

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

江戸 (えど)

old name of Tokyo

時代 (じだい)

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

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

習

Readings: シュウ、 ジュ、 なら.う、 なら.い

Meaning: learn

慣

Readings: カン、 な.れる、 な.らす

Meanings: accustomed, get used to, become experienced

江

Readings: コウ、 え

Meanings: creek, inlet, bay

戸

Readings: コ、 と

Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

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