今回、まだ両替していなかったので、日本円を人民元に替える必要があった。

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English Translation

This time I hadn't converted my money yet, so I needed to change Yen into Yuan.

Furigana

今回(こんかい)、まだ両替(りょうがえ)していなかったので、日本円(にほんえん)を人民元(じんみんげ)に替(か)える必要(ひつよう)があった。

Romanji

Konkai, mada ryōgaeshiteinakatta node, nihon'en o jinminge ni kaeru hitsuyō ga atta.

Words

今回 (こんかい)

now; this time; lately

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

両替 (りょうがえ)

change; money exchange

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

日本円 (にほんえん)

Japanese yen

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.

人民元 (じんみんげん)

Chinese Yuan; renminbi (currency)

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

換える (かえる)

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about