私が１８才の時に上京してから１０年が過ぎた。

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English Translation

Ten years have passed since I came to Tokyo at the age of eighteen.

Furigana

私(わたし)が１８才(さい)の時(とき)に上京(じょうきょう)してから１０年(ねん)が過(す)ぎた。

Romanji

Watashi ga ichi hachi sai no tokini jōkyōshite kara ichi zero nen ga sugita.

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

八 (はち、や)

eight

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

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

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

上京 (じょうきょう)

proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

過ぎる (すぎる)

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...