まもなく例のウエーターが皿を片付けに戻ってきた。

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English Translation

Soon the same waiter came back to pick up the dishes.

Furigana

まもなく例(れい)のウエーターが皿(さら)を片付(かたづ)けに戻(もど)ってきた。

Romanji

Mamonaku rei no ue-ta- ga sara o katazuke ni modottekita.

Words

間もなく (まもなく)

soon; before long; in a short time; lacking time to ...; without time to ...

例 (れい)

custom; practice; habit; usual; said; aforementioned; instance; example; case; illustration; usage; precedent

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

ウェイター (ウェイター、ウエイター、ウェーター、ウエーター、ウェイタ)

waiter

が (が)

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

皿 (さら)

plate; dish; platter; disc; serving; helping; course; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

片付け (かたづけ)

tidying up; finishing

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

戻る (もどる)

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back