戦争が始まったとき、私たちはそこに１０年間住んでいた。

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English Translation

We had lived there for ten years when the war broke out.

Furigana

戦争(せんそう)が始(はじ)まったとき、私(わたし)たちはそこに１０年間(ねんかん)住(す)んでいた。

Romanji

Sensō ga hajimatta toki, watashitachi wa soko ni ichi zero nenkan sundeita.

Words

戦争 (せんそう)

war

が (が)

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

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

其処 (そこ)

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

住む (すむ)

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