僕はお父さんが帰ってくる前に眠ってしまった。

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English Translation

I fell asleep before my father came home.

Furigana

僕(ぼく)はお父(とう)さんが帰(かえ)ってくる前(まえ)に眠(ねむ)ってしまった。

Romanji

Boku wa otōsan ga kaettekuru mae ni nemutteshimatta.

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

お父さん (おとうさん、おとっさん)

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

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

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

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

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)

to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes