文の初めには大文字が用いられる。

Sentence Analyzer

文の初めには大文字が用いられる。

English Translation

A capital letter is used at the beginning of a sentence.

Furigana

文(ぶん)の初(はじ)めには大文字(だいもんじ)が用(もち)いられる。

Romanji

Bun no hajime ni wa daimonji ga mochiirareru.

Words

文 (ぶん)

sentence; composition; text; writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature

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

始め (はじめ)

beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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

は (は)

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

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

が (が)

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

用いる (もちいる)

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise