私は休暇をりようして、故郷の名古屋へ帰った。

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English Translation

Taking advantage of the holidays, I returned home to Nagoya.

Furigana

私(わたし)は休暇(きゅうか)をりようして、故郷(こきょう)の名古屋(なごや)へ帰(かえ)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa kyūka o ri yō shite, kokyō no Nagoya e kaetta.

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

休暇 (きゅうか)

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

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.

人 (にん、たり、り)

counter for people; person

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

故郷 (ふるさと、こきょう、きゅうり)

home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins; historic remains

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

名古屋 (なごや)

Nagoya (city)

へ (へ)

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

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