私たちはみんな彼の１０年ぶりの帰国を待ち望んでいた。

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English Translation

We were all anxious for his first return in ten years.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちはみんな彼(かれ)の１０年(ねん)ぶりの帰国(きこく)を待(ま)ち望(のぞ)んでいた。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa minna kare no ichi zero nenburi no kikoku o machinozondeita.

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

皆 (みな、みんな)

all; everyone; everybody; everything

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

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

帰国 (きこく)

return to one's country

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

待ち望む (まちのぞむ)

to look anxiously for; to wait eagerly for