久しぶりに昔の友人がひょっこり訪ねてきてくれた。

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English Translation

An old friend of mine dropped in on me for the first time in ages.

Furigana

久(ひさ)しぶりに昔(むかし)の友人(ゆうじん)がひょっこり訪(たず)ねてきてくれた。

Romanji

Hisashiburi ni mukashi no yūjin ga hyokkori tazunetekitekureta.

Words

久しぶり (ひさしぶり)

a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)

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

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

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

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

が (が)

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

ひょっこり (ひょっこり、ひょっくり)

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

訪ねる (たずねる)

to visit