私は学校の近くに住んでいるので、昼食を食べに家に戻ってくる。

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English Translation

Living near the school, I come home for lunch.

Furigana

私(わたし)は学校(がっこう)の近(ちか)くに住(す)んでいるので、昼食(ちゅうしょく)を食(た)べに家(いえ)に戻(もど)ってくる。

Romanji

Watashi wa gakkō no chikaku ni sundeiru node, chūshoku o tabe ni ie ni modottekuru.

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

学校 (がっこう)

school

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

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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

住む (すむ)

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

昼食 (ちゅうしょく、ちゅうじき、ひるげ)

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

戻る (もどる)

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back