花子さんは父に会うために、はるばる北海道からやって来た。

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English Translation

Hanako came all the way from Hokkaido in order to see her father.

Furigana

花子(はなこ)さんは父(ちち)に会(あ)うために、はるばる北海道(ほっかいどう)からやって来(き)た。

Romanji

Hanako san wa chichi ni au tameni, harubaru Hokkaidō kara yattekita.

Words

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

は (は)

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

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

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

遙々 (はるばる)

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

北海道 (ほっかいどう)

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

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)