他第一次來到日本是在十年前。

It was ten years ago that he first came to Japan.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 第一次 dìyīcì the first time; for the first time
=2 第一次 dì-yīcì
  1. (euphemistic) first sexual experience
  2. (literally) first time
  3. first sexual experience
  4. first time
3 來到 láidào to arrive; to come
4 日本 Rìběn Japan
=5 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
6 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
7 十年 shínián ten years; decade
8 前 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly