最も古い中国のはしの中には、紀元前１２００年にもさかのぼるものもある。

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English Translation

Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.

Furigana

最(もっと)も古(ふる)い中国(ちゅうごく)のはしの中(なか)には、紀元前(きげんぜん)１２００年(ねん)にもさかのぼるものもある。

Romanji

Mottomo furui Chūgoku no hashi no nakani wa, kigenzen ichi ni zero zero nen ni mo sakanoboru mono mo aru.

Words

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

古い (ふるい)

old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article

中国 (ちゅうごく)

China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region

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

嘴 (くちばし、はし)

beak; bill

は (は)

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

紀元前 (きげんぜん)

pre-era; BC; BCE

一 (いち)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

○ (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

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

遡る (さかのぼる)

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive

者 (もの、もん)

person

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about