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訪ねて来たのは校長先生その人でした。

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訪ねて来た 校長 先生 その でした

English Translation

The visitor was none other than the principal.

Furigana

(たずき)ねて()たのは校長(こうちょう)先生(せんせい)その(ひと)でした。

Romanji

Tazunetekita no wa kōchō sensei sono hito deshita.

Words

訪ねる (たずねる)
to visit
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
校長 (こうちょう)
principal; headmaster
先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)
teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う
Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
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
Readings: コウ、 キョウ
Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person