私たちは新聞の再生利用を始めました。

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私たちは新聞の再生利用を始めました。

English Translation

We have started to recycle newspapers.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは新聞(しんぶん)の再生(さいせい)利用(りよう)を始(はじ)めました。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa shinbun no saisei riyō o hajimemashita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

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

再生 (さいせい)

resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.); view (of a video clip); reclamation; recovery; rebirth; reincarnation

利用 (りよう)

use; utilization; utilisation; application

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.

始める (はじめる)

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...