私たちの大学は毎年１、０００人以上の卒業生を送り出す。

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English Translation

Our university graduates 1,000 students every year.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちの大学(だいがく)は毎年(まいとし)１、０００人(にん)以上(いじょう)の卒業生(そつぎょうせい)を送(おく)り出(だ)す。

Romanji

Watashitachi no daigaku wa maitoshi ichi, zero zero zero nin ijō no sotsugyōsei o okuridasu.

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

毎年 (まいとし、まいねん)

every year; yearly; annually

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (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

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

卒業生 (そつぎょうせい)

graduate; alumnus

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.

送り出す (おくりだす)

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out