ある日、友人から「いい話があるから会わないか」と電話があり、友人の家へ出かけました。

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English Translation

One day I had a phone call from a friend. "There's a nice little earner, won't you come round?" so I went to his house.

Furigana

ある日(ひ)、友人(ゆうじん)から「いい話(はなし)があるから会(あ)わないか」と電話(でんわ)があり、友人(ゆうじん)の家(いえ)へ出(で)かけました。

Romanji

Aru hi, yūjin kara" ii hanashi ga aru kara awanai ka" to denwa ga ari, yūjin no ie e dekakemashita.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

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

いい (いい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

会う (あう)

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

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

と (と)

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

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

へ (へ)

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

出かける (でかける)

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out