彼は人里離れた田舎に住んでいるので、町に来ることはめったにない。

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English Translation

Living as he did in remote countryside, he seldom came up to town.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は人里(ひとざと)離(はな)れた田舎(いなか)に住(す)んでいるので、町(まち)に来(く)ることはめったにない。

Romanji

Kare wa hitozato hanareta inaka ni sundeiru node, machi ni kuru koto wa mettani nai.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

人里 (ひとざと)

human habitation

離れる (はなれる)

to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up; to lose connection with; to drift away from

田舎 (いなか)

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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

住む (すむ)

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

ので (ので、んで)

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

町 (まち、ちょう)

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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 ...")

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

滅多に (めったに)

rarely; seldom

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix