全ては一年前に彼が家に戻った時に始まった。

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English Translation

It all began a year ago when he returned home.

Furigana

全(すべ)ては一(いち)年(ねん)前(まえ)に彼(かれ)が家(いえ)に戻(もど)った時(とき)に始(はじ)まった。

Romanji

Subete wa ichi nen mae ni kare ga ie ni modotta tokini hajimatta.

Words

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

戻る (もどる)

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)