折角来てくれたのに留守をしていてごめんね。

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English Translation

I'm sorry that I wasn't home when you so kindly dropped by.

Furigana

折角(せっかく)来(き)てくれたのに留守(るす)をしていてごめんね。

Romanji

Sekkaku kitekureta noni rusu o shiteite gomen ne.

Words

折角 (せっかく)

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited; kind; specially; especially; expressly

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 ...")

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

留守 (るす)

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

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

御免 (ごめん)

your pardon; declining (something); dismissal; permission

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not