３年前に東京へ来て以来ここに住んでいる。

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English Translation

I came to Tokyo three years ago and have been living here ever since.

Furigana

３年(ねん)前(まえ)に東京(とうきょう)へ来(き)て以来(いらい)ここに住(す)んでいる。

Romanji

San nen mae ni Tōkyō e kite irai koko ni sundeiru.

Words

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

年 (とし)

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

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

以来 (いらい)

since; henceforth

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 ...

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide