私の父はきのう会社を休んだ。

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私 の 父 は きのう 会社 を 休んだ 。

English Translation

My father was absent from his office yesterday.

Furigana

私(わたし)の父(ちち)はきのう会社(かいしゃ)を休(やす)んだ。

Romanji

Watashi no chichi wa kinō kaisha o yasunda.

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

機能 (きのう)

function; facility; faculty; feature

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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.

休む (やすむ)

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire; to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

父

Readings: フ、 ちち

Meaning: father

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

社

Readings: シャ、 やしろ

Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine

休

Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める

Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep