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2001 is the year when the 21st century begins.
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Vocabulary list

nisenichinen
  1. two thousand and one years; 2,001 years
nen
noun
  1. year
counter
  1. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
noun
  1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
seiki
noun
  1. century
  2. era
no adjective
  1. of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
hajimaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to begin; to start; to commence
  2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
  3. to date (from); to originate (in)
toshi
noun, adverb
  1. year
noun
  1. age; years
  2. past one's prime; old age
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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