剣歯虎が絶滅したのは氷河時代であった。

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剣歯虎が絶滅したのは氷河時代であった。

English Translation

It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.

Furigana

剣(けん)歯(は)虎(とら)が絶滅(ぜつめつ)したのは氷河(ひょうが)時代(じだい)であった。

Romanji

Ken ha tora ga zetsumetsushita no wa hyōga jidai de atta.

Words

剣 (けん、つるぎ)

sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor; dart

歯 (は)

tooth

虎 (とら、トラ)

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

絶滅 (ぜつめつ)

destruction; extinction

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

は (は)

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

氷河 (ひょうが)

glacier

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...