君は昨日なぜ欠席したのか。
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English Translation
Why were you absent yesterday?
Furigana
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
Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く
Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Readings: セキ、 むしろ
Meanings: seat, mat, occasion, place