ちょっと時間を割いてくれませんか。ふたりにとって大事な事を話し合いたいのです。

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English Translation

Can you spare a minute? I'd like to discuss something of importance to both of us.

Furigana

ちょっと時間(じかん)を割(さ)いてくれませんか。ふたりにとって大事(だいじ)な事(こと)を話(はなあ)し合()いたいのです。

Romanji

Chotto jikan o saitekuremasen ka. futari nitotte daijina koto o hanashiaitai no desu.

Words

一寸 (ちょっと、ちょと、チョット、ちょいと、チョッと)

just a minute; short time; just a little; somewhat; easily; readily; rather; (will not) easily; hey!

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

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.

裂く (さく)

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen); to forcibly separate (i.e. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

二人 (ふたり、ににん)

two persons; two people; pair; couple

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

大事 (だいじ、おおごと)

important; valuable; serious matter

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

話し合う (はなしあう)

to discuss; to talk together

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

です (です)

be; is