オランダを訪問するまで、風車を見たことがなかった。

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オランダ を 訪問する まで 、 風車 を 見た こと が なかった 。

English Translation

I had never seen a windmill until I visited the Netherlands.

Furigana

オランダを訪問(ほうもん)するまで、風車(かざぐるま)を見(み)たことがなかった。

Romanji

Oranda o hōmonsuru made, kazaguruma o mita koto ga nakatta.

Words

和蘭 (オランダ)

Holland; The Netherlands

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.

訪問 (ほうもん)

call; visit

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

風車 (かざぐるま、ふうしゃ、カザグルマ)

pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); windmill; Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

訪

Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う

Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy

問

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

風

Readings: フウ、 フ、 かぜ、 かざ-、 -かぜ

Meanings: wind, air, style, manner

車

Readings: シャ、 くるま

Meaning: car

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible