リッキー、こちらが私の友人の鈴木君です。

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English Translation

Ricky, this is my friend Suzuki.

Furigana

リッキー、こちらが私(わたし)の友人(ゆうじん)の鈴木(すずき)君(くん)です。

Romanji

Rikki-, kochira ga watashi no yūjin no Suzuki kun desu.

Words

此方 (こちら、こっち、こち)

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); I; me; we; us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

が (が)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

君 (くん)

Mr (junior); master; boy

です (です)

be; is