私が初めて彼女に会ったのは京都だった。

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私が初めて彼女に会ったのは京都だった。

English Translation

It was in Kyoto that I first met her.

Furigana

私(わたし)が初(はじ)めて彼女(かのじょ)に会(あ)ったのは京都(きょうと)だった。

Romanji

Watashi ga hajimete kanojo ni atta no wa Kyōto datta.

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

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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

京都 (きょうと)

Kyoto

だ (だ)

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