私はこの春、故郷に戻ってきた。

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私 は この 春 、 故郷 に 戻ってきた 。

English Translation

I returned to my home this spring.

Furigana

私(わたし)はこの春(はる)、故郷(こきょう)に戻(もど)ってきた。

Romanji

Watashi wa kono haru, kokyō ni modottekita.

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

此の (この)

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

春 (はる)

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence; puberty; sexuality

故郷 (ふるさと、こきょう、きゅうり)

home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins; historic remains

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

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

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

春

Readings: シュン、 はる

Meanings: springtime, spring (season)

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

郷

Readings: キョウ、 ゴウ、 さと

Meanings: home town, village, native place, district

戻

Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る

Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards