私たちは、警察官が来るまで事故現場で待ちました。

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English Translation

We waited at the scene of the accident till the police came.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは、警察官(けいさつかん)が来(く)るまで事故(じこ)現場(げんば)で待(ま)ちました。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa, keisatsukan ga kuru made jiko genba de machimashita.

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

警察官 (けいさつかん、ケイサツカン)

policeman; policewoman; police officer

が (が)

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

現場 (げんば、げんじょう)

actual spot; scene; scene of the crime; site; location; setting; shop floor; factory floor; (on) site

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need