人類は太古の昔から指を用いて食べ物を食してきたのである。

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English Translation

People have eaten with their fingers from the beginning of history.

Furigana

人類(じんるい)は太古(たいこ)の昔(むかし)から指(ゆび)を用(もち)いて食(た)べ物(もの)を食(しょく)してきたのである。

Romanji

Jinrui wa taiko no mukashi kara yubi o mochiite tabemono o shoku shitekita no de aru.

Words

人類 (じんるい)

mankind; humanity

は (は)

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

太古 (たいこ)

ancient times

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

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

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

指 (ゆび、および、おゆび)

finger; toe; digit

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.

用いる (もちいる)

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

食べ物 (たべもの)

food

食 (しょく)

meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs; eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...