客は私の真向かいに座っていた。

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客 は 私 の 真向かい に 座っていた 。

English Translation

The visitor sat across from me.

Furigana

客(きゃく)は私(わたし)の真向(まむ)かいに座(すわ)っていた。

Romanji

Kyaku wa watashi no mamukai ni suwatteita.

Words

客 (きゃく、かく)

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

は (は)

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

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

真向かい (まむかい)

face to face; facing; straight ahead; just in front of; directly opposite

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

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

Kanji

客

Readings: キャク、 カク

Meanings: guest, visitor, customer, client

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

真

Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと

Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect

向

Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い

Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

座

Readings: ザ、 すわ.る

Meanings: squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit