あなたの留守の間にジョーンズさんとおっしゃる方が来られました。

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English Translation

A person named Jones came while you were out.

Furigana

あなたの留守(るす)の間(ま)にジョーンズさんとおっしゃる方(ほう)が来(きた)られました。

Romanji

Anata no rusu no ma ni Jo-Nzu san to ossharu hō ga kitararemashita.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

留守 (るす)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

に (に)

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

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

仰っしゃる (おっしゃる)

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

Kanji

留

Readings: リュウ、ル、と.める、と.まる、とど.める、とど.まる、るうぶる

Meanings: detain, fasten, halt, stop

守

Readings: シュ、ス、まも.る、まも.り、もり、 -もり、かみ

Meanings: guard, protect, defend, obey

間

Readings: カン、ケン、あいだ、ま、あい

Meanings: interval, space

方

Readings: ホウ、かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

来

Readings: ライ、タイ、く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き、こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become