先進７カ国の首脳は２０００年、沖縄に集まる。

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先進７か国の首脳は２０００年、沖縄に集まる。

English Translation

The leaders of seven industrial democracies will meet in Okinawa in 2000.

Furigana

先進(せんしん)７カ国(こく)の首脳(しゅのう)は２０００年(ねん)、沖縄(おきなわ)に集(あつ)まる。

Romanji

Senshin nana kakoku no shunō wa ni zero zero zero nen, Okinawa ni atsumaru.

Words

先進 (せんしん)

seniority; advance; leadership

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

カ国 (かこく)

counter for countries

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

首脳 (しゅのう)

head; leader; leading spirit; important part

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

○ (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

沖縄 (おきなわ)

Okinawa (prefecture); region comprising most of Japan's southwestern archipelago (esp. Okinawa Island); Okinawa (city)

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

集まる (あつまる)

to gather; to collect; to assemble