昨日私の旧友が訪ねてきた。

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昨日 私 の 旧友 が 訪ねてきた 。

English Translation

An old friend of mine visited yesterday.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)私(わたし)の旧友(きゅうゆう)が訪(たず)ねてきた。

Romanji

Kinō watashi no kyūyū ga tazunetekita.

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

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

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

旧

Readings: キュウ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-

友

Readings: ユウ、 とも

Meaning: friend

訪

Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う

Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy