初めて君に会った時、君を君のお姉さんと間違えた。

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English Translation

I mistook you for your sister when I first saw you.

Furigana

初(はじ)めて君(きみ)に会(あ)った時(とき)、君(きみ)を君(きみ)のお姉(ねえ)さんと間違(まちが)えた。

Romanji

Hajimete kimi ni atta toki, kimi o kimi no o nēsan to machigaeta.

Words

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

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

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

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.

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

姉さん (ねえさん、あねさん)

elder sister; (vocative) young lady; miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

間違える (まちがえる)

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else