１９４１年の１２月に日本とアメリカの間で戦争が勃発した時、私は生まれていなかった。

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English Translation

I was not yet born when a war between Japan and the U.S. broke out in December 1941.

Furigana

１９４１年(ねん)の１２月(じゅうにがつ)に日本(にっぽん)とアメリカの間(ま)で戦争(せんそう)が勃発(ぼっぱつ)した時(とき)、私(わたし)は生(う)まれていなかった。

Romanji

Ichi kyū yon ichi nen no jūnigatsu ni Nippon to Amerika no ma de sensō ga boppatsushita toki, watashi wa umareteinakatta.

Words

一 (いち)

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

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

年 (とし)

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

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

十二月 (じゅうにがつ)

December

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

と (と)

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

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

戦争 (せんそう)

war

が (が)

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

勃発 (ぼっぱつ)

outbreak (e.g. war); outburst; sudden occurrence

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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