私の親しい友人、福岡一郎氏があなたに会いたがっています。

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English Translation

Mr Ichiro Fukuoka, a close friend of mine, would very much like to meet you.

Furigana

私(わたし)の親(した)しい友人(ゆうじん)、福岡(ふくおか)一郎(いちろう)氏(し)があなたに会(あ)いたがっています。

Romanji

Watashi no shitashii yūjin, Fukuoka Ichirō shi ga anata ni aitagatteimasu.

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

親しい (したしい)

intimate; close (e.g. friend)

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

福岡 (ふくおか)

Fukuoka (city)

氏 (し)

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

が (が)

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

貴方 (あなた)

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

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

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience