私たちがその目の不自由な人のための施設に着くか着かないうちに、私は、幼くて目の見えない子供たちと友達になり始めていた。

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English Translation

We had scarcely arrived at the Institution for the Blind when I began to make friends with the little blind children.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちがその目(め)の不自由(ふじゆう)な人(ひと)のための施設(しせつ)に着(つ)くか着(つ)かないうちに、私(わたし)は、幼(おさな)くて目(め)の見(み)えない子供(こども)たちと友達(ともだち)になり始(はじ)めていた。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga sono me no fujiyūna hito no tame no shisetsu ni tsuku ka tsukanai uchini, watashi wa, osanakute me no mienai kodomotachi to tomodachi ni narihajimeteita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

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

不自由 (ふじゆう)

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; destitution; disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.)

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

施設 (しせつ)

institution; establishment; facility; (army) engineer

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)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

幼い (おさない、いとけない)

very young; childish; immature

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...