遠方に明かりが見えたとき私たちはほっとする思いだった。

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English Translation

We felt relieved when we saw a light in the distance.

Furigana

遠方(えんぽう)に明(あ)かりが見(み)えたとき私(わたし)たちはほっとする思(おも)いだった。

Romanji

Enpō ni akari ga mieta toki watashitachi wa hotto suru omoi datta.

Words

遠方 (えんぽう、おちかた)

long way; distant place

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

明かり (あかり)

light; illumination; glow; gleam; lamp; light

が (が)

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

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

ほっと (ほっと)

feeling relieved; (sigh of) relief

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

思い (おもい)

thought; imagination; mind; heart; desire; wish; hope; expectation; love; affection; feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative