私が父に連れられて富士山に登ったのは、８才のときでした。

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English Translation

It was when I was eight years old that I climbed Mt. Fuji with my father.

Furigana

私(わたし)が父(ちち)に連(つ)れられて富士山(ふじさん)に登(のぼ)ったのは、８才(さい)のときでした。

Romanji

Watashi ga chichi ni tsurerarete Fujisan ni nobotta no wa, hachi sai no toki deshita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

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

連れる (つれる)

to lead; to take (a person)

富士山 (ふじさん、ふじやま)

Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san

上る (のぼる)

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)

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

は (は)

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

八 (はち、や)

eight

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

デス (デス)

death