私は家に帰る途中でその本屋に立ち寄るのが常であった。

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English Translation

I used to drop in at the bookstore on my way home.

Furigana

私(わたし)は家(いえ)に帰(かえ)る途中(とちゅう)でその本屋(ほんや)に立(た)ち寄(よ)るのが常(つね)であった。

Romanji

Watashi wa ie ni kaeru tochū de sono hon'ya ni tachiyoru no ga tsune de atta.

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

家 (いえ)

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

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

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

途中 (とちゅう)

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway

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.

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

本屋 (ほんや)

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

立ち寄る (たちよる)

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

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

が (が)

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

常 (つね)

usual state of things

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...