私達はみんなあなたが帰ってくるのを切望していました。

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English Translation

We were all anxious for your return.

Furigana

私達(わたしたち)はみんなあなたが帰(かえ)ってくるのを切望(せつぼう)していました。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa minna anata ga kaettekuru no o setsubōshiteimashita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

皆 (みな、みんな)

all; everyone; everybody; everything

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

が (が)

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

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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

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.

切望 (せつぼう)

longing for; earnest desire; desperate desire; hope; yearning; hankering