私は少年に会ったが、彼はこの会館への道を教えてくれた。

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English Translation

I met a boy, who showed me the way to this hall.

Furigana

私(わたし)は少年(しょうねん)に会(あ)ったが、彼(かれ)はこの会館(かいかん)への道(みち)を教(おし)えてくれた。

Romanji

Watashi wa shōnen ni atta ga, kare wa kono kaikan e no michi o oshietekureta.

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

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

此の (この)

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

会館 (かいかん)

meeting hall; assembly hall

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

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

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

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.

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct