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文の最初の語はすべて大文字ではじめなければならない。

Sentence Analyzer

最初 すべて 大文字 はじめ なければならない

English Translation

The first word of every sentence should be capitalized.

Furigana

(ぶん)最初(さいしょ)(かたり)はすべて大文字(だいもんじ)ではじめなければならない。

Romanji

Bun no saisho no katari wa subete daimonji de hajime nakerebanaranai.

Words

(ぶん)
sentence; composition; text; writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature
()
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
最初 (さいしょ)
beginning; outset; first; onset
()
language; word
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
全て (すべて)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all
大文字 (おおもじ、だいもんじ)
upper case letters; large characters; capital letter; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
始め (はじめ)
beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め
Meanings: first time, beginning
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な
Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village