田舎で暮らしているので彼には、訪ねてくる人がほとんどいなかった。

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English Translation

Living in the country, he rarely had visitors.

Furigana

田舎(いなか)で暮(く)らしているので彼(かれ)には、訪(たず)ねてくる人(ひと)がほとんどいなかった。

Romanji

Inaka de kurashiteiru node kare ni wa, tazunetekuru hito ga hotondo inakatta.

Words

田舎 (いなか)

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

で (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.

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

は (は)

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

訪ねる (たずねる)

to visit

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

要る (いる)

to need; to want