昨年故郷に帰ったが、村も人もすっかり変わっているのに驚いた。

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English Translation

Last year I returned home and was surprised to find both the village and the people completely changed.

Furigana

昨年(さくねん)故郷(こきょう)に帰(かえ)ったが、村(むら)も人(ひと)もすっかり変(か)わっているのに驚(おどろ)いた。

Romanji

Sakunen kokyō ni kaetta ga, mura mo hito mo sukkari kawatteiru no ni odoroita.

Words

昨年 (さくねん)

last year

故郷 (ふるさと、こきょう、きゅうり)

home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins; historic remains

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

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

が (が)

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

村 (むら)

village

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

すっかり (すっかり)

all; completely; thoroughly

変わる (かわる)

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

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

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished