子供の頃、遠足の前の日には、胸がワクワクして眠れなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

子供の頃、遠足の前の日には、胸がわくわくして眠れなかった。

English Translation

When I was a child I would get so excited the night before a school excursion that my heart would be pounding and I couldn't sleep.

Furigana

子供(こども)の頃(ころ)、遠足(えんそく)の前(まえ)の日(ひ)には、胸(むね)がワクワクして眠(ねむ)れなかった。

Romanji

Kodomo no koro, ensoku no mae no hini wa, mune ga wakuwaku shite nemurenakatta.

Words

子供 (こども)

child; children

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

頃 (ころ、ごろ)

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

遠足 (えんそく)

excursion; outing; trip

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

は (は)

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

胸 (むね、むな)

chest; breast; breasts; bosom; bust; heart; lungs; stomach; heart; mind; feelings

が (が)

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

わくわく (わくわく)

tremble; get nervous; excitedly; thrilled

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