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Zach

ここが、妻と初めて会った喫茶店です。

Sentence Analyzer

ここ 初めて 会った 喫茶店 です

English Translation

This is the coffee shop I first met my wife in.

Furigana

ここが、(つま)(はじ)めて()った喫茶店(きっさてん)です。

Romanji

Koko ga, tsuma to hajimete atta kissaten desu.

Words

此処 (ここ)
here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(つま)
wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
初めて (はじめて)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
会う (あう)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
喫茶店 (きっさてん、きっちゃてん)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: サイ、 つま
Meanings: wife, spouse
Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め
Meanings: first time, beginning
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: キツ、 の.む
Meanings: consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)
Readings: チャ、 サ
Meaning: tea
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop