This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

どうぞ、こちらの方へおこしください。

Sentence Analyzer

どうぞ こちら おこし ください

English Translation

Will you step this way, please?

Furigana

どうぞ、こちらの(ほう)へおこしください。

Romanji

Dōzo, kochira no hō e okoshi kudasai.

Words

どうぞ (どうぞ)
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; feel free; you are welcome; here you are
此方 (こちら、こっち、こち)
this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); I; me; we; us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)
()
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
(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")
()
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")
起こす (おこす)
to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)
下さる (くださる)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative