私たちがその家に着いたとき、チンとチラが広々とした階段の一番上に座っていた。

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私たちがその家に着いたとき、ちんとチラが広々とした階段の一番上に座っていた。

English Translation

When we arrived at the house, Chin and Chilla were sitting at the top of a broad flight of stairs.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちがその家(いえ)に着(つ)いたとき、チンとチラが広々(ひろびろ)とした階段(かいだん)の一番上(いちばんじょう)に座(すわ)っていた。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga sono ie ni tsuita toki, Chin to chira ga hirobiro to shita kaidan no ichibanjō ni suwatteita.

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...

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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)

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

狆 (ちん、チン)

Japanese spaniel; Pekinese; chin

と (と)

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

広々 (ひろびろ)

extensive; spacious

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

階段 (かいだん)

stairs; stairway; staircase

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

一番上 (いちばんうえ)

topmost

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still