私達の大学は通常４月一日から始まります。
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English Translation
Our university usually starts on April 1st.
Furigana
Romanji
Watashitachi no daigaku wa tsūjō shigatsu ichi nichi kara hajimarimasu.
Words
私たち
(わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
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
大学
(だいがく)
post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
通常
(つうじょう)
common; general; normal; usual
四月
(しがつ)
April
一
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
日
(にち)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
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
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
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: タツ、 ダ、 -たち
Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: ジョウ、 つね、 とこ-
Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular
Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき
Meanings: month, moon
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin