狐が１匹ひょっこりやってきた。

狐が１匹ひょっこりやってきた。

A fox came along.

狐(きつね)が１匹(ひき)ひょっこりやってきた。

Kitsune ga ichi hiki hyokkori yattekita.

狐 (きつね、けつね、きつ、キツネ)

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown

が (が)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

ひょっこり (ひょっこり、ひょっくり)

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

Readings: コ、きつね

Meaning: fox

Readings: ヒツ、ひき

Meanings: equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth