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翌年、第一次世界大戦が始まりました。

Sentence Analyzer

翌年 世界 大戦 始まりました

English Translation

The next year, World War I broke out.

Furigana

翌年(よくねん)(だい)(いち)()世界(せかい)大戦(たいせん)(はじ)まりました。

Romanji

Yokunen, dai ichi ji sekai taisen ga hajimarimashita.

Words

翌年 (よくねん、よくとし)
following year
(だい)
ordinal
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
()
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence; time; times
世界 (せかい)
the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space
大戦 (たいせん)
great war; great battle
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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)

Kanji

Reading: ヨク
Meanings: the following, next
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ジ、 シ、 つ.ぐ、 つぎ
Meanings: next, order, sequence
Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Reading: カイ
Meanings: world, boundary
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: セン、 いくさ、 たたか.う、 おのの.く、 そよ.ぐ、 わなな.く
Meanings: war, battle, match
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin