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彼らは自分たちが恋人同士であることを秘密にしておいた。

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彼ら 自分たち 恋人 同士 ある こと 秘密 しておいた

English Translation

They kept it secret that they were in love.

Furigana

(かれ)らは自分(じぶん)たちが恋人(こいびと)同士(どうし)であることを秘密(ひみつ)にしておいた。

Romanji

Karera wa jibuntachi ga koibito dōshi de aru koto o himitsu ni shiteoita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
恋人 (こいびと)
lover; sweetheart
同士 (どうし、どし)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
(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
()
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.
秘密 (ひみつ)
secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret; mystery; esoteric teachings
()
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
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: レン、 こ.う、 こい、 こい.しい
Meanings: romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ドウ、 おな.じ
Meanings: same, agree, equal
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Readings: ヒ、 ひ.める、 ひそ.か、 かく.す
Meanings: secret, conceal
Readings: ミツ、 ひそ.か
Meanings: secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness