窓の外を見たとき、戸口の上り段のところに見知らぬ人がみえた。

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English Translation

Looking out of the window, I saw a stranger at the doorstep.

Furigana

窓(まど)の外(そと)を見(み)たとき、戸口(とぐち)の上(のぼ)り段(だん)のところに見知(みし)らぬ人(ひと)がみえた。

Romanji

Mado no soto o mita toki, toguchi no nobori dan no tokoroni mishiranu hito ga mieta.

Words

窓 (まど)

window

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

外 (そと、と)

outside; exterior; open air; other place

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

戸口 (とぐち)

door; doorway

上り (のぼり)

ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb; up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo); northward (towards Tokyo)

段 (だん)

step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print); grade; rank; level; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.)

見知らぬ (みしらぬ)

strange; unfamiliar; unknown

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

見える (みえる)

to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to appear; to come