「小川さんはいつ来たか」「１０分ほど前だ」

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English Translation

"When did Mr Ogawa arrive?" "Ten minutes ago."

Furigana

「小川(おがわ)さんはいつ来(き)たか」「１０分(ふん)ほど前(まえ)だ」

Romanji

" Ogawa san wa i tsu kita ka"" ichi zero fun hodo mae da"

Words

小川 (おがわ)

streamlet; brook

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative