彼がはじめて東京へきたころは、この大学はまだ開校されていなかった。

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English Translation

When he came to Tokyo for the first time, this college had not been opened yet.

Furigana

彼(かれ)がはじめて東京(とうきょう)へきたころは、この大学(だいがく)はまだ開校(かいこう)されていなかった。

Romanji

Kare ga hajimete Tōkyō e kita koro wa, kono daigaku wa mada kaikōsareteinakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

へ (へ)

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

抉る (えぐる、くる)

to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

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

開校 (かいこう)

opening a school