文(ぶん) bunの no初(はじ)め() hajimeには niha大(おお)文(も)字(じ) oomojiが ga用(もち)い()ら()れ()る() mochiirareru。 Capital letters are used at the beginning of sentences. Literal Sentence [possessive-の] beginning [location-に] [topic-は] capital-letters [subject-が] are-used. 用いられる is the passive of 用いる (to use) — a formal synonym of 使う. The passive depersonalizes the rule — 'capital letters are used,' rather than naming who uses them, typical of written prescriptive language. language and speechpassive voice (~れる/~られる)
文(ぶん) bunの no初(はじ)め() hajimeには niha大(おお)文(も)字(じ) oomojiが ga用(もち)い()ら()れ()る() mochiirareru。 Capital letters are used at the beginning of sentences. Literal Sentence [possessive-の] beginning [location-に] [topic-は] capital-letters [subject-が] are-used. 用いられる is the passive of 用いる (to use) — a formal synonym of 使う. The passive depersonalizes the rule — 'capital letters are used,' rather than naming who uses them, typical of written prescriptive language. language and speechpassive voice (~れる/~られる)