２００１年は２１世紀の始まる年です。

Sentence Analyzer

２００１年は２１世紀の始まる年です。

English Translation

2001 is the year when the 21st century begins.

Furigana

２００１年(ねん)は２１世紀(せいき)の始(はじ)まる年(とし)です。

Romanji

Ni zero zero ichi nen wa ni ichi seiki no hajimaru toshi desu.

Words

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

○ (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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

年 (とし)

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

は (は)

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

世紀 (せいき)

century; era

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

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)

です (です)

be; is