私がそこに着いたとき、家は燃えていた。

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私がそこに着いたとき、家は燃えていた。

English Translation

When I got there, the house was on fire.

Furigana

私(わたし)がそこに着(つ)いたとき、家(いえ)は燃(も)えていた。

Romanji

Watashi ga soko ni tsuita toki, ie wa moeteita.

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

其処 (そこ)

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you

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

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

は (は)

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

燃える (もえる)

to burn; to get fired up