初めてニュージーランドへ行ったのは、今からちょうど６年前です。

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English Translation

It was just 6 years ago that I visited New Zealand for the first time.

Furigana

初(はじ)めてニュージーランドへ行(い)ったのは、今(いま)からちょうど６年(ねん)前(まえ)です。

Romanji

Hajimete Nyu-Ji-Rando e itta no wa, ima kara chōdo roku nen mae desu.

Words

初めて (はじめて)

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

新西蘭 (ニュージーランド、ニュージランド)

New Zealand

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

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

は (は)

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

丁度 (ちょうど)

just; right; exactly

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

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

です (です)

be; is