アメリカ先住民の祖先は、ベーリング海峡を経由してアジアから大陸へ渡った。

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English Translation

The ancestors of Native Americans went to the continent from Asia by way of the Bering Strait.

Furigana

アメリカ先住民(せんじゅうみん)の祖先(そせん)は、ベーリング海(かい)峡(かい)を経由(けいゆ)してアジアから大陸(たいりく)へ渡(わた)った。

Romanji

Amerika senjūmin no sosen wa, Be-Ringukai kai o keiyushite Ajia kara tairiku e watatta.

Words

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

先住民 (せんじゅうみん)

former inhabitant; indigenous people; aborigines

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

祖先 (そせん)

ancestor

は (は)

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

峡 (かい)

gorge; ravine

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.

経由 (けいゆ、けいゆう)

through; by way of; via; to go via; to go by way of

亜細亜 (アジア、あじあ)

Asia (esp. "the Far East"); Asian; Asiatic

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

大陸 (たいりく)

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

渡る (わたる)

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span