昨晩部屋を掃除しているうちに、たまたま母の昔の写真が出てきた。

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English Translation

While cleaning my room yesterday evening, I happened to find an old photograph of my mother.

Furigana

昨晩(さくばん)部屋(へや)を掃除(そうじ)しているうちに、たまたま母(はは)の昔(むかし)の写真(しゃしん)が出(で)てきた。

Romanji

Sakuban heya o sōjishiteiru uchini, tamatama haha no mukashi no shashin ga detekita.

Words

昨晩 (さくばん)

last night

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

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.

掃除 (そうじ)

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

偶々 (たまたま)

casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

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

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

写真 (しゃしん)

photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

が (が)

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

出る (でる)

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised; to sell; to exceed; to go over; to stick out; to protrude; to break out; to occur; to start; to originate; to be produced; to come from; to be derived from; to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get; to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain; to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed; to graduate