どうしてこんなに夜遅く訪ねてくるのか。

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どうして こんなに 夜 遅く 訪ねてくる の か 。

English Translation

How come you call on us so late at night?

Furigana

どうしてこんなに夜(よる)遅(おそ)く訪(たず)ねてくるのか。

Romanji

Dōshite konnani yoru osoku tazunetekuru no ka.

Words

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

こんなに (こんなに)

so; like this; in this way

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

遅い (おそい)

slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid

訪ねる (たずねる)

to visit

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

か (か)

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

夜

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる

Meanings: night, evening

遅

Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い

Meanings: slow, late, back, later

訪

Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う

Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy