１９１２年以来、日本は選手をオリンピックに送ってる。

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English Translation

Japan has been sending her athletes to the Olympics since 1912.

Furigana

１９１２年(ねん)以来(いらい)、日本(にっぽん)は選手(せんしゅ)をオリンピックに送(おく)ってる。

Romanji

Ichi kyū ichi ni nen irai, Nippon wa senshu o orinpikku ni okutteru.

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

年 (とし)

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

以来 (いらい)

since; henceforth

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

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.

オリンピック (オリンピック)

Olympics

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

送る (おくる)

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time); to live one's life; to pass (down the line); to affix okurigana