ゆうべはやっとのことで最終電車に間に合った。

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English Translation

Last night, I barely made the last train.

Furigana

ゆうべはやっとのことで最終(さいしゅう)電車(でんしゃ)に間(ま)に合(あ)った。

Romanji

Yūbe wa yatto no koto de saishū densha ni maniatta.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

は (は)

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

やっと (やっと)

at last; at length; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

最終 (さいしゅう)

last; final; closing

電車 (でんしゃ)

train; electric train

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

間に合う (まにあう)

to be in time for; to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough