昨日私の不在中に旧友が訪ねて来てくれた。
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English Translation
Yesterday, I had an old friend of mine call on me in my absence.
Furigana
Romanji
Kinō watashi no fu zaichū ni kyūyū ga tazunetekitekureta.
Words
昨日
(きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
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
不
(ふ)
un-; non-; negative prefix
在中
(ざいちゅう)
(contained) within
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
旧友
(きゅうゆう)
crony; old friend
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
訪ねる
(たずねる)
to visit
Kanji
Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: ザイ、 あ.る
Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: キュウ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-
Readings: ユウ、 とも
Meaning: friend
Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う
Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become