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会社の仕事が終わってから、私たちはよく新宿の喫茶店で会った。

Sentence Analyzer

会社 仕事 終わって から 私たち よく 新宿 喫茶店 会った

English Translation

We used to meet at a coffee shop in Shinjuku after work.

Furigana

会社(かいしゃ)仕事(しごと)()わってから、(わたし)たちはよく新宿(しんじゅく)喫茶店(きっさてん)()った。

Romanji

Kaisha no shigoto ga owatte kara, watashitachi wa yoku Shinjuku no kissaten de atta.

Words

会社 (かいしゃ)
company; corporation; workplace
()
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
仕事 (しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
終わる (おわる)
to finish; to end; to close
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
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
良く (よく)
nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often
喫茶店 (きっさてん、きっちゃてん)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
(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.
会う (あう)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: シュウ、 お.わる、 -お.わる、 おわ.る、 お.える、 つい、 つい.に
Meanings: end, finish
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
宿
Readings: シュク、 やど、 やど.る、 やど.す
Meanings: inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
Readings: キツ、 の.む
Meanings: consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)
Readings: チャ、 サ
Meaning: tea
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop