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Zach

陣痛が始まりました。

Sentence Analyzer

陣痛 始まりました

English Translation

My labor has started.

Furigana

陣痛(じんつう)(はじ)まりました。

Romanji

Jintsū ga hajimarimashita.

Words

陣痛 (じんつう)
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
()
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: ジン
Meanings: camp, battle array, ranks, position, sudden, brief time
Readings: ツウ、 いた.い、 いた.む、 いた.ましい、 いた.める
Meanings: pain, hurt, damage, bruise
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin