使用人がしらは声を上げて「スミスご夫妻がおいでになりました」と告げた。

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English Translation

The butler announced Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Furigana

使用人(しようにん)がしらは声(こえ)を上(あ)げて「スミスご夫妻(ふさい)がおいでになりました」と告(つ)げた。

Romanji

Shiyōnin ga shira wa koe o agete" Sumisu go fusai ga oide ni narimashita" to tsugeta.

Words

使用人 (しようにん)

employee; servant

が (が)

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

白 (しら)

white; unseasoned; undyed; unaltered; very much; precisely; playing dumb; unfeigned; honest; diligent

は (は)

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

声 (こえ)

voice

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

上げる (あげる)

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry; to show someone (into a room); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to send someone (away); to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve; to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); to earn (something desirable); to praise; to give (an example, etc.); to cite; to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); to arrest; to nominate; to give; to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); to bear (a child); to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (of the tide) to come in; to vomit; to do for (the sake of someone else); to complete ...; to humbly do ...

御 (ご)

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

夫妻 (ふさい)

man and wife; married couple

お出で (おいで)

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

と (と)

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

告げる (つげる)

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark