昨夜何者かが私の家の近くの小さな店に押し入った。

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English Translation

Last night someone broke into the small shop near my house.

Furigana

昨夜(さくや)何者(なにもの)かが私(わたし)の家(いえ)の近(ちか)くの小(ちい)さな店(みせ)に押(お)し入(い)った。

Romanji

Sakuya nanimono ka ga watashi no ie no chikaku no chiisana mise ni oshiitta.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

何者 (なにもの)

who; what kind of person

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

家 (いえ)

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

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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

押し入る (おしいる)

to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude