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買い物の割に遅かったな。どこぞでよろしくやっていたのか?

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買い物 遅かった どこぞ よろしく やっていた

English Translation

You're pretty late to have just gone shopping. Have you been making out someplace?

Furigana

()(もの)(わり)(おそ)かったな。どこぞでよろしくやっていたのか?

Romanji

Kaimono no wari ni osokatta na. dokozo de yoroshiku yatteita no ka?

Words

買い物 (かいもの)
shopping; purchased goods
()
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
(わり)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match; schedule of matches; diluted with (of drinks); mixed with
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
遅い (おそい)
slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition
何処ぞ (どこぞ)
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
宜しく (よろしく)
well; properly; suitably; best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; just like ...; as though one were ...; by all means; of course
遣る (やる)
to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...
()
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

Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: カツ、 わ.る、 わり、 わ.り、 わ.れる、 さ.く
Meanings: proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い
Meanings: slow, late, back, later