第２次世界大戦が終わってからおよそ５０年になる。

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English Translation

It has been almost 50 years since World War II ended.

Furigana

第(だい)２次(じ)世界(せかい)大戦(たいせん)が終(お)わってからおよそ５０年(ねん)になる。

Romanji

Dai ni ji sekai taisen ga owatte kara oyoso go zero nen ni naru.

Words

第 (だい)

ordinal

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

次 (じ)

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

が (が)

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

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

凡そ (およそ)

about; roughly; approximately; generally; on the whole; as a rule; completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb); outline; gist

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

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

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...