かつて宗教と科学のあいだに大きな衝突があった。

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English Translation

There was a great conflict between religion and science.

Furigana

かつて宗教(しゅうきょう)と科学(かがく)のあいだに大(おお)きな衝突(しょうとつ)があった。

Romanji

Katsute shūkyō to kagaku no aida ni ōkina shōtotsu ga atta.

Words

嘗て (かつて、かって)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

宗教 (しゅうきょう)

religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed; religious activity

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

科学 (かがく)

science

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

間 (あいだ、あわい)

space (between); gap; interval; distance; time (between); pause; break; span (temporal or spatial); stretch; period (while); relationship (between, among); members (within, among); due to; because of

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

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

衝突 (しょうとつ)

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about