私は５年ぶりで故郷へ戻った。

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私 は ５ 年ぶり で 故郷 へ 戻った 。

English Translation

I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.

Furigana

私(わたし)は５年(ねん)ぶりで故郷(こきょう)へ戻(もど)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa go nenburi de kokyō e modotta.

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

年ぶり (ねんぶり)

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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.

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

へ (へ)

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

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

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

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