その詩人に始めて会ったのは私が北海道にいる時だった。

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English Translation

It was while I was in Hokkaido that I first met the poet.

Furigana

その詩人(しじん)に始(はじ)めて会(あ)ったのは私(わたし)が北海道(ほっかいどう)にいる時(とき)だった。

Romanji

Sono shijin ni hajimete atta no wa watashi ga Hokkaidō ni iru toki datta.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

詩人 (しじん)

poet

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

始める (はじめる)

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

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

北海道 (ほっかいどう)

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

要る (いる)

to need; to want

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense