ジェーンは学校時代私の一番の友人のひとりだったが、ここのところ数年の内にだんだんお互いに離れて行った。

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English Translation

Jane used to be one of my best friends at school but we've drifted apart over the past few years.

Furigana

ジェーンは学校(がっこう)時代(じだい)私(わたし)の一番(いちばん)の友人(ゆうじん)のひとりだったが、ここのところ数(すう)年(ねん)の内(うち)にだんだんお互(たが)いに離(はな)れて行(い)った。

Romanji

Jye-N wa gakkō jidai watashi no ichiban no yūjin no hitori datta ga, koko no tokoro sū nen no uchini dandan otagai ni hanareteitta.

Words

は (は)

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

学校 (がっこう)

school

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

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

此処 (ここ)

here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

段々 (だんだん)

gradually; by degrees; steps; stairs; staircase; terrace

お互い (おたがい)

mutual; reciprocal; each other

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

離れる (はなれる)

to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up; to lose connection with; to drift away from