私にとって初めての上京はわくわくすることでした。

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English Translation

It was exciting for me to go to the capital for the first time.

Furigana

私(わたし)にとって初(はじ)めての上京(じょうきょう)はわくわくすることでした。

Romanji

Watashi nitotte hajimete no jōkyō wa wakuwaku suru koto deshita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

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

上京 (じょうきょう)

proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

は (は)

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

わくわく (わくわく)

tremble; get nervous; excitedly; thrilled

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

デス (デス)

death

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

初

Readings: ショ、はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め

Meanings: first time, beginning

上

Readings: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン、うえ、 -うえ、うわ-、かみ、あ.げる、 -あ.げる、あ.がる、 -あ.がる、あ.がり、 -あ.がり、のぼ.る、のぼ.り、のぼ.せる、のぼ.す、よ.す

Meanings: above, up

京

Readings: キョウ、ケイ、キン、みやこ

Meanings: capital, 10**16