私の患者の大半は郊外から来ています。

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私の患者の大半は郊外から来ています。

English Translation

The majority of my patients come to me from out of town.

Furigana

私(わたし)の患者(かんじゃ)の大半(たいはん)は郊外(こうがい)から来(き)ています。

Romanji

Watashi no kanja no taihan wa kōgai kara kiteimasu.

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

患者 (かんじゃ)

(a) patient

大半 (たいはん)

majority; mostly; generally

は (は)

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

郊外 (こうがい)

suburb; outskirts

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")