おじが神戸よりひょっこりやってきた。

おじが神戸よりひょっこりやってきた。

My uncle blew in from Kobe.

おじが神戸(こうべ)よりひょっこりやってきた。

Oji ga Kōbe yori hyokkori yattekita.

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

が (が)

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

神戸 (こうべ)

Kobe (port city near Osaka)

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

ひょっこり (ひょっこり、ひょっくり)

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

Readings: シン、ジン、かみ、かん-、こう-

Meanings: gods, mind, soul

Readings: コ、と

Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)