電気の発見が私たちの歴史を変えた。

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電気 の 発見 が 私たち の 歴史 を 変えた 。

English Translation

The discovery of electricity changed our history.

Furigana

電気(でんき)の発見(はっけん)が私(わたし)たちの歴史(れきし)を変(か)えた。

Romanji

Denki no hakken ga watashitachi no rekishi o kaeta.

Words

電気 (でんき)

electricity; (electric) light

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

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

が (が)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

歴史 (れきし)

history

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.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

Kanji

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

発

Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

歴

Readings: レキ、 レッキ

Meanings: curriculum, continuation, passage of time

史

Reading: シ

Meanings: history, chronicle

変

Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange