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19世紀は白人文明の時代だった。

Sentence Analyzer

世紀 白人 文明 時代 だった

English Translation

The nineteenth century was the age of the white man's civilization.

Furigana

19世紀(せいき)白人(はくじん)文明(ぶんめい)時代(じだい)だった。

Romanji

Ichi kyū seiki wa hakujin bunmei no jidai datta.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)
nine
世紀 (せいき)
century; era
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
白人 (はくじん)
white person; Caucasian
文明 (ぶんめい)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
()
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
時代 (じだい)
period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Reading: 
Meanings: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
Readings: ハク、 ビャク、 しろ、 しら-、 しろ.い
Meaning: white
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
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