これは私が初めて味わった日本料理だった。

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English Translation

This was the first Japanese food I had ever tasted.

Furigana

これは私(わたし)が初(はじ)めて味(あじ)わった日本(にっぽん)料理(りょうり)だった。

Romanji

Kore wa watashi ga hajimete ajiwatta Nippon ryōri datta.

Words

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

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

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

味わう (あじわう)

to taste; to savor; to relish

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

料理 (りょうり)

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

初

Readings: ショ、はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め

Meanings: first time, beginning

味

Readings: ミ、あじ、あじ.わう

Meanings: flavor, taste

日

Readings: ニチ、ジツ、ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

料

Reading: リョウ

Meanings: fee, materials

理

Readings: リ、ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth