日本は今や、２０年前の日本とは大変違っている。

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English Translation

Japan is now very different from what is was twenty years ago.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)は今(いま)や、２０年(ねん)前(まえ)の日本(にっぽん)とは大変(たいへん)違(ちが)っている。

Romanji

Nippon wa imaya, ni zero nen mae no Nippon to wa taihen chigatteiru.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

今や (いまや)

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

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

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

違う (たがう)

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)