先日新幹線で１０年ぶりに昔の友人に偶然あった。

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English Translation

I bumped into an old friend for the first time in ten years on the Shinkansen the other day.

Furigana

先日(せんじつ)新幹線(しんかんせん)で１０年(ねん)ぶりに昔(むかし)の友人(ゆうじん)に偶然(ぐうぜん)あった。

Romanji

Senjitsu shinkansen de ichi zero nenburi ni mukashi no yūjin ni gūzen atta.

Words

先日 (せんじつ)

the other day; a few days ago

新幹線 (しんかんせん)

Shinkansen; bullet train

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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

年ぶり (ねんぶり)

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

偶然 (ぐうぜん)

(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence

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