私が日本に滞在したのはほんの数ヶ月だが、その間に次から次へと苦しい目にあった。

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English Translation

I stayed in Japan only a few months, during which time I went through a series of hardships.

Furigana

私(わたし)が日本(にっぽん)に滞在(たいざい)したのはほんの数(すう)ヶ月(かげつ)だが、その間(かん)に次(つぎ)から次(つぎ)へと苦(くる)しい目(め)にあった。

Romanji

Watashi ga Nippon ni taizaishita no wa honno sū kagetsu da ga, sonokan ni tsugi kara tsugi e to kurushii me ni atta.

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

滞在 (たいざい)

stay; sojourn

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

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

カ月 (かげつ)

(number of) months

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

その間 (そのあいだ、そのかん)

in the meanwhile; during the time

次 (つぎ)

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

と (と)

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

苦しい (くるしい)

painful; difficult; agonizing; needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); awkward (situation); painful (position); (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant

目 (め)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about