私は５年ぶりで故郷に戻った。

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私は５年ぶりで故郷に戻った。

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)に戻(もど)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa go nenburi de kokyō ni 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

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