私が帰宅する前に雨が降り始めた。

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私が帰宅する前に雨が降り始めた。

English Translation

It began to rain before I got home.

Furigana

私(わたし)が帰宅(きたく)する前(まえ)に雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Watashi ga kitakusuru mae ni ame ga furihajimeta.

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

帰宅 (きたく)

returning home

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

雨 (あめ)

rain

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea