あなたが外出している間にこの手紙が着きました。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

This letter arrived while you were out.

Furigana

あなたが外出(がいしゅつ)している間(ま)にこの手紙(てがみ)が着(つ)きました。

Romanji

Anata ga gaishutsushiteiru ma ni kono tegami ga tsukimashita.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

が (が)

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

外出 (がいしゅつ、そとで)

outing; trip; going out

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

Kanji

外

Readings: ガイ、ゲ、そと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる、と-

Meaning: outside

出

Readings: シュツ、スイ、で.る、 -で、だ.す、 -だ.す、い.でる、い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

間

Readings: カン、ケン、あいだ、ま、あい

Meanings: interval, space

手

Readings: シュ、ズ、て、て-、 -て、た-

Meaning: hand

紙

Readings: シ、かみ

Meaning: paper

着

Readings: チャク、ジャク、き.る、 -ぎ、き.せる、 -き.せ、つ.く、つ.ける

Meanings: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing