３００年間、彼らは周囲の土地を耕作してきた。

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English Translation

For three hundred years they have farmed the surrounding land.

Furigana

３００年間(ねんかん)、彼(かれ)らは周囲(しゅうい)の土地(とち)を耕作(こうさく)してきた。

Romanji

San zero zero nenkan, karera wa shūi no tochi o kōsakushitekita.

Words

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

○ (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

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

周囲 (しゅうい)

surroundings; environs; circumference

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

土地 (とち、どおじ、どじ、どち)

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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.

耕作 (こうさく)

cultivation; farming