私がＭＩＴの学生であった頃、ボストンのある決まったレストランで食事をしていた。

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English Translation

When I was a student at MIT I used to eat at a certain restaurant in Boston.

Furigana

私(わたし)がＭＩＴの学生(がくせい)であった頃(ころ)、ボストンのある決(き)まったレストランで食事(しょくじ)をしていた。

Romanji

Watashi ga Emuaithi- no gakusei de atta koro, Bosuton no aru kimatta resutoran de shokuji o shiteita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

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

学生 (がくせい)

student (esp. a university student)

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

頃 (ころ、ごろ)

(approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

ボストン (ボストン)

Boston

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

決まる (きまる)

to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes)

レストラン (レストラン、レストラント)

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

食事 (しょくじ)

meal; to eat

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.

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