私は少年のころ、よくこの浜辺に来たものです。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

I used to come to this beach when I was a boy.

Furigana

私(わたし)は少年(しょうねん)のころ、よくこの浜辺(はまべ)に来(き)たものです。

Romanji

Watashi wa shōnen no koro, yoku kono hamabe ni kita mono desu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

浜辺 (はまべ)

beach; foreshore

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

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

者 (もの、もん)

person

です (です)

be; is