初めての奴隷制度禁止令は１９世紀半ばに行われた。

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English Translation

The first prohibition of slavery was in the mid-nineteenth century.

Furigana

初(はじ)めての奴隷(どれい)制度(せいど)禁止令(きんしれい)は１９世紀(せいき)半(なか)ばに行(おこな)われた。

Romanji

Hajimete no dorei seido kinshirei wa ichi kyū seiki nakaba ni okonawareta.

Words

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

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

奴隷 (どれい)

slave; servant; slavery

制度 (せいど)

system; institution; organization; organisation

禁止令 (きんしれい)

ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

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

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

世紀 (せいき)

century; era

半ば (なかば)

middle; half; semi; halfway; partly

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

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out