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わたし
私
は
にほん
日本
に
かえ
帰
ってくる
まえ
前
にずっとボストンに
たいざい
滞在
していた。
I had been staying in Boston before I came back to Japan.
Grammar and points of interest
〜前（まえ）に 〜前（まえ）に
 
before
私は日本に帰ってくる前にずっとボストンに滞在していた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
私は日本に帰ってくる前にずっとボストンに滞在していた。
Conjugations and inflections
  帰ってくる is the てくる form of 'ru' godan verb 帰る   ALL INFLECTIONS
  滞在していた is the past form of the progressive form of 'suru' verb 滞在   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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に ほ ん 2
noun
Japan
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か え る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to return; to come home; to go home; to go back  (see also: 返る)
2. to leave  (of a guest, customer, etc.)
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ま え 1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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ず っ と 0 ず っ と 3
1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way  (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
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ボ ス ト ン 1
Boston
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た い ざ い 0
stay; sojourn
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
帰
キ   かえる to return   かえす to send back, give back   
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刂
トウ   かたな sword   
帚
broom   
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⺕
yo; yell
冖
cover; covered   
巾
キン   turban; cloth
前
ゼン   まえ before   
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刖
the body part and the sword
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⺼
ニク body part   
䒑
grass   
滞
タイ    stay over   とどこおる to pile up (work etc)   
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帯
タイ   belt   おび sash   おびる to wear, to carry   
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丗
thirty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
在
ザイ   ある to exist   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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