なぜ昨日休みましたか。

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なぜ 昨日 休みました

English Translation

Why were you absent yesterday?

Furigana

なぜ昨日(きのう)(やす)みましたか。

Romanji

Naze kinō yasumimashita ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
休む (やすむ)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire; to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める
Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep