昨日私の不在中に旧友が訪ねて来てくれた。

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昨日 私 の 不 在中 に 旧友 が 訪ねて来てくれた 。

English Translation

Yesterday, I had an old friend of mine call on me in my absence.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)私(わたし)の不(ふ)在中(ざいちゅう)に旧友(きゅうゆう)が訪(たずき)ねて来()てくれた。

Romanji

Kinō watashi no fu zaichū ni kyūyū ga tazunetekitekureta.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

不 (ふ)

un-; non-; negative prefix

在中 (ざいちゅう)

(contained) within

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

旧友 (きゅうゆう)

crony; old friend

が (が)

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

訪ねる (たずねる)

to visit

Kanji

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

在

Readings: ザイ、 あ.る

Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in

中

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

旧

Readings: キュウ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-

友

Readings: ユウ、 とも

Meaning: friend

訪

Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う

Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become