私の故郷は神戸の真ん中にあります。

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私 の 故郷 は 神戸 の 真ん中 に あります 。

English Translation

My hometown is in the center of Kobe.

Furigana

私(わたし)の故郷(こきょう)は神戸(こうべ)の真(ま)ん中(なか)にあります。

Romanji

Watashi no kokyō wa Kōbe no mannaka ni arimasu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

神戸 (こうべ)

Kobe (port city near Osaka)

真ん中 (まんなか、まなか)

middle; centre; center; mid-way

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

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

神

Readings: シン、 ジン、 かみ、 かん-、 こう-

Meanings: gods, mind, soul

戸

Readings: コ、 と

Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

真

Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと

Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect

中

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center