戦後まもなく父は新しい家を買ったが、そこで私は生まれた。

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English Translation

Shortly after the war my father bought a new house, in which I was born.

Furigana

戦後(せんご)まもなく父(ちち)は新(あたら)しい家(いえ)を買(か)ったが、そこで私(わたし)は生(う)まれた。

Romanji

Sengo mamonaku chichi wa atarashii ie o katta ga, sokode watashi wa umareta.

Words

戦後 (せんご)

postwar period; period after Second World War

間もなく (まもなく)

soon; before long; in a short time; lacking time to ...; without time to ...

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

家 (いえ)

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

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

が (が)

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

其処で (そこで)

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

生まれる (うまれる)

to be born