私が帰ったとき母は夕食の料理を終えていた。

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English Translation

My mother had cooked supper when I got home.

Furigana

私(わたし)が帰(かえ)ったとき母(はは)は夕食(ゆうしょく)の料理(りょうり)を終(お)えていた。

Romanji

Watashi ga kaetta toki haha wa yūshoku no ryōri o oeteita.

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

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

は (は)

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

夕食 (ゆうしょく)

evening meal; dinner

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

料理 (りょうり)

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management

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.

終える (おえる)

to finish; to graduate