彼は時々遅く帰ることがある。

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彼 は 時々 遅く 帰る こと が ある 。

English Translation

He sometimes comes home late.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は時々(ときどき)遅(おそ)く帰(かえ)ることがある。

Romanji

Kare wa tokidoki osoku kaeru koto ga aru.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

時々 (ときどき)

sometimes; at times

遅い (おそい)

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

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

遅

Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い

Meanings: slow, late, back, later

帰

Readings: キ、 かえ.る、 かえ.す、 おく.る、 とつ.ぐ

Meanings: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in