昨日お訪ねくださったとき、あいにく留守をしていた。

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昨日 お 訪ねくださった とき 、 あいにく 留守 を していた 。

English Translation

It happened that I was out when you called yesterday.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)お訪(たず)ねくださったとき、あいにく留守(るす)をしていた。

Romanji

Kinō o tazunekudasatta toki, ainiku rusu o shiteita.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

訪ねる (たずねる)

to visit

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

生憎 (あいにく)

unfortunately; Sorry, but ...

留守 (るす)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

訪

Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う

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

留

Readings: リュウ、 ル、 と.める、 と.まる、 とど.める、 とど.まる、 るうぶる

Meanings: detain, fasten, halt, stop

守

Readings: シュ、 ス、 まも.る、 まも.り、 もり、 -もり、 かみ

Meanings: guard, protect, defend, obey