私の友人の数人が今年日本へやってきた。

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私の友人の数人が今年日本へやってきた。

English Translation

Several of my friends have been to Japan this year.

Furigana

私(わたし)の友人(ゆうじん)の数(すう)人(にん)が今年(ことし)日本(にっぽん)へやってきた。

Romanji

Watashi no yūjin no sū nin ga kotoshi Nippon e yattekita.

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

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

が (が)

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

今年 (ことし、こんねん)

this year

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)