私は彼女を５日前、つまりこの前の金曜日に駅で見かけた。

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English Translation

I saw her at the station five days ago, that is, last Friday.

Furigana

私(わたし)は彼女(かのじょ)を５日(にち)前(まえ)、つまりこの前(まえ)の金曜日(きんようび)に駅(えき)で見(み)かけた。

Romanji

Watashi wa kanojo o go nichi mae, tsumari kono mae no kin'yōbi ni eki de mikaketa.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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.

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

詰まり (つまり)

that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically; clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage; shrinkage; end; conclusion; dead end; corner; distress; being at the end of one's rope

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

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

金曜日 (きんようび)

Friday

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

駅 (えき)

station

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.

見かける (みかける)

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of