故郷を離れていると、家から小包ほどうれしいものはない。

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English Translation

When we are away from home, nothing gives us more pleasure than to receive a parcel from home.

Furigana

故郷(こきょう)を離(はな)れていると、家(いえ)から小包(こづつみ)ほどうれしいものはない。

Romanji

Kokyō o hanareteiru to, ie kara kozutsumi hodo ureshii mono wa nai.

Words

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

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.

離れる (はなれる)

to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up; to lose connection with; to drift away from

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

小包 (こづつみ)

parcel; package

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

嬉しい (うれしい)

happy; glad; pleasant

者 (もの、もん)

person

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix