図書館で一時間ヘレンを待ったが彼女は現れなかった。

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English Translation

We waited for Helen at the library for an hour, but she didn't appear.

Furigana

図書館(としょかん)で一(いち)時間(じかん)ヘレンを待(ま)ったが彼女(かのじょ)は現(あらわ)れなかった。

Romanji

Toshokan de ichi jikan Heren o matta ga kanojo wa arawarenakatta.

Words

図書館 (としょかん、ずしょかん)

library

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.)

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

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.

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

が (が)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

現れる (あらわれる)

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)