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きのう
昨日
お
たず
訪
ねくださったとき、あいにく
るす
留守
をしていた。
It happened that I was out when you called yesterday.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
昨日お訪ねくださったとき、あいにく留守をしていた。
irregular verbs irregular verbs
 
来る（くる） and する
昨日お訪ねくださったとき、あいにく留守をしていた。
honorific prefixes ご and お honorific prefixes ご and お
 
昨日お訪ねくださったとき、あいにく留守をしていた。
時（とき） 時（とき）
 
when
昨日お訪ねくださったとき、あいにく留守をしていた。
をする vs する をする vs する
 
昨日お訪ねくださったとき、あいにく留守をしていた。
Words
き の う 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
yesterday
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お
Most common form: 御
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: 御; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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た ず ね る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
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と き 2
Most common form: 時
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case
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あ い に く 0
unfortunately; Sorry, but ...  (often written with kana only)
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る す 1
1. absence; being away from home
2. house-sitting; house-sitter
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
昨
サク    yesterday   
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乍
ながらも although   -ながら while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
丨
stick   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
訪
ホウ   たずねる to visit   おとずれる to ask, to visit   
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方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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留
ル   リュウ   とめる to detain   とまる to stop   
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卯
hare   う sign of the hare   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
卬
high-priced, lofty   
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匚
side open box
卩
seal
田
デン   た rice field   
守
シュ   ス   まもる to protect, guard   もり babysitting   
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寸
スン   inch
宀
roof   
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