君は昨日なぜ欠席したのか。

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君 は 昨日 なぜ 欠席した の か 。

English Translation

Why were you absent yesterday?

Furigana

君(きみ)は昨日(きのう)なぜ欠席(けっせき)したのか。

Romanji

Kimi wa kinō naze kessekishita no ka.

Words

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

は (は)

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

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

欠席 (けっせき)

absence; non-attendance

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

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

Kanji

君

Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ

Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

欠

Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く

Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

席

Readings: セキ、 むしろ

Meanings: seat, mat, occasion, place