私が帰宅したとき、ケンは読書をしていた。

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私 が 帰宅した とき 、 けん は 読書 を していた 。

English Translation

Ken was reading when I came home.

Furigana

私(わたし)が帰宅(きたく)したとき、ケンは読書(どくしょ)をしていた。

Romanji

Watashi ga kitakushita toki, Ken wa dokusho o shiteita.

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

腱 (けん)

tendon

は (は)

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

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

帰

Readings: キ、 かえ.る、 かえ.す、 おく.る、 とつ.ぐ

Meanings: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in

宅

Reading: タク

Meanings: home, house, residence, our house, my husband

読

Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み

Meaning: read

書

Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき

Meaning: write