昨日になって初めてわれわれはその動物がいなくなっているのに気づいた。

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English Translation

It was not until yesterday that we noticed the animal missing.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)になって初(はじ)めてわれわれはその動物(どうぶつ)がいなくなっているのに気(き)づいた。

Romanji

Kinō ni natte hajimete wareware wa sono dōbutsu ga inaku natteiru no ni kizuita.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

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

気付く (きづく)

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise