少年は家に帰ると真っ先に母にそのことを告げた。

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English Translation

The boy told his mother about it first of all when he got home.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)は家(いえ)に帰(かえ)ると真(ま)っ先(さき)に母(はは)にそのことを告(つ)げた。

Romanji

Shōnen wa ie ni kaeru to massaki ni haha ni sono koto o tsugeta.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

真っ先 (まっさき)

the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

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

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.

告げる (つげる)

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark