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Zach

一月は年の一番目の月です。

Sentence Analyzer

一月 番目 です

English Translation

January is the first month of the year.

Furigana

一月(いちがつ)(とし)(いち)番目(ばんめ)(つき)です。

Romanji

Ichigatsu wa toshi no ichi banme no tsuki desu.

Words

一月 (いちがつ)
January
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
()
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
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
番目 (ばんめ)
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
(つき)
moon; month
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき
Meanings: month, moon
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: バン、 つが.い
Meanings: turn, number in a series
Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-
Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor