私の留守中に誰か訪ねてきましたか。

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私 の 留守中 に 誰 か 訪ねてきました か 。

English Translation

Did anyone visit me during my absence?

Furigana

私(わたし)の留守中(るすちゅう)に誰(だれ)か訪(たず)ねてきましたか。

Romanji

Watashi no rusuchū ni dare ka tazunetekimashita ka.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

留守中 (るすちゅう)

during absence from home

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

訪ねる (たずねる)

to visit

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

留

Readings: リュウ、 ル、 と.める、 と.まる、 とど.める、 とど.まる、 るうぶる

Meanings: detain, fasten, halt, stop

守

Readings: シュ、 ス、 まも.る、 まも.り、 もり、 -もり、 かみ

Meanings: guard, protect, defend, obey

中

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody

訪

Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う

Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy