私は１０年ぶりに故郷に帰った。

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私は１０年ぶりに故郷に帰った。

English Translation

I went back to my hometown for the first time in ten years.

Furigana

私(わたし)は１０年(ねん)ぶりに故郷(こきょう)に帰(かえ)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa ichi zero nenburi ni kokyō ni kaetta.

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年ぶり (ねんぶり)

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

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

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

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