私達は朝から待っていたのだが、彼はとうとう来なかった。

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English Translation

We had been waiting since morning, but he didn't come after all.

Furigana

私達(わたしたち)は朝(あさ)から待(ま)っていたのだが、彼(かれ)はとうとう来(こ)なかった。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa asa kara matteita no da ga, kare wa tōtō konakatta.

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

朝 (あさ、あした)

morning

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

待つ (まつ)

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

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

到頭 (とうとう)

finally; at last; reaching a head

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")