中間試験がもうすぐ始まる。

中間試験がもうすぐ始まる。

The mid-term exams are just around the corner.

中間(ちゅうかん)試験(しけん)がもうすぐ始(はじ)まる。

Chūkan shiken ga mōsugu hajimaru.

中間 (ちゅうかん)

middle; midway; interim

試験 (しけん)

examination; test; study; trial; experiment

が (が)

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

もう直ぐ (もうすぐ)

very soon

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)

Readings: チュウ、なか、うち、あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

Readings: カン、ケン、あいだ、ま、あい

Meanings: interval, space

Readings: シ、こころ.みる、ため.す

Meanings: test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal

Readings: ケン、ゲン、あかし、しるし、ため.す、ためし

Meanings: verification, effect, testing

Readings: シ、はじ.める、 -はじ.める、はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin