佐藤さんという方があなたの留守中にお見えになりました。

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English Translation

A person named Sato came to visit while you were out.

Furigana

佐藤(さとう)さんという方(ほう)があなたの留守中(るすちゅう)にお見(み)えになりました。

Romanji

Satō san toiu hō ga anata no rusuchū ni o mie ni narimashita.

Words

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

貴方 (あなた)

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

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

留守中 (るすちゅう)

during absence from home

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

見栄 (みえ、みばえ)

airs; pretensions; show; ostentation; display; appearance; vanity; charm

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 ...