私達は夕食の後、歌い、おどり、そしておしゃべりをした。

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English Translation

We sang, danced and chatted after dinner.

Furigana

私達(わたしたち)は夕食(ゆうしょく)の後(のち)、歌(うた)い、おどり、そしておしゃべりをした。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa yūshoku no nochi, utai, odori, soshite oshaberi o shita.

Words

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

夕食 (ゆうしょく)

evening meal; dinner

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

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

歌う (うたう)

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

躍る (おどる)

to jump; to leap; to pound (of one's heart, i.e. with excitement); to throb; to be messily written

然して (そして、しかして)

and; and then; thus; and now

お喋り (おしゃべり)

chattering; talk; idle talk; chat; chitchat; gossip; chatty; talkative; chatterbox; blabbermouth

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to