私たちは桜が見頃のうちにワシントンに着いた。

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English Translation

We got to Washington in time for the cherry blossoms.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは桜(さくら)が見頃(みごろ)のうちにワシントンに着(つ)いた。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa sakura ga migoro no uchini Washinton ni tsuita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

桜 (さくら、サクラ)

cherry tree; cherry blossom; decoy; fake buyer; shill; hired applauder; horse meat

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

見頃 (みごろ)

best time to see

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

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

華府 (ワシントン)

Washington, DC (capital of the United States of America); Washington (US state)

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

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)