留守の間に田中さんから電話がありました。

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English Translation

Mr Tanaka called during your absence.

Furigana

留守(るす)の間(ま)に田中(たなか)さんから電話(でんわ)がありました。

Romanji

Rusu no ma ni Tanaka san kara denwa ga arimashita.

Words

留守 (るす)

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

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

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)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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