お父さんはご在宅かね、それとも会社かね、と見知らぬ人がその少女に尋ねた。

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English Translation

A stranger asked the girl whether her father was at home or at his office.

Furigana

お父(とう)さんはご在宅(ざいたく)かね、それとも会社(かいしゃ)かね、と見知(みし)らぬ人(ひと)がその少女(しょうじょ)に尋(たず)ねた。

Romanji

Otōsan wa go zaitaku ka ne, soretomo kaisha ka ne, to mishiranu hito ga sono shōjo ni tazuneta.

Words

お父さん (おとうさん、おとっさん)

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

は (は)

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

御 (ご)

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

在宅 (ざいたく)

being in; being at home

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

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

其れ共 (それとも)

or; or else

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

見知らぬ (みしらぬ)

strange; unfamiliar; unknown

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate