私は東京に来るまでに１０年間仙台に住んでいました。

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English Translation

I had lived in Sendai for ten years before I came to Tokyo.

Furigana

私(わたし)は東京(とうきょう)に来(く)るまでに１０年間(ねんかん)仙台(せんだい)に住(す)んでいました。

Romanji

Watashi wa Tōkyō ni kuru made ni ichi zero nenkan Sendai ni sundeimashita.

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

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

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

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 ...")

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

仙台 (せんだい)

Sendai (city)

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide