木村博士から、あなたがこの分野の第一人者だと伺いました。

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English Translation

Dr. Kimura gave me your name as the leading scholar in this field.

Furigana

木村(きむら)博士(はかせ)から、あなたがこの分野(ぶんや)の第一人者(だいいちにんしゃ)だと伺(うかが)いました。

Romanji

Kimura hakase kara, anata ga kono bun'ya no daiichininsha da to ukagaimashita.

Words

博士 (はかせ、はくし)

doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title); expert; learned person

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

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

が (が)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

分野 (ぶんや)

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

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

第一人者 (だいいちにんしゃ)

leading person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

伺う (うかがう)

to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)