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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

ご迷惑をおかけする気持ちはありませんが、少々お尋ねしなければならないことがあります。

Sentence Analyzer

迷惑 おかけする 気持ち ありません 少々 お尋ねしなければならない こと あります

English Translation

Far be it for me to trouble you, but I must ask you something.

Furigana

迷惑(めいわく)をおかけする気持(きも)ちはありませんが、少々(しょうしょう)(たず)ねしなければならないことがあります。

Romanji

Go meiwaku o okakesuru kimochi wa arimasen ga, shōshō otazuneshinakerebanaranai koto ga arimasu.

Words

()
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
迷惑 (めいわく、べいこく)
trouble; bother; annoyance
()
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.
お蔭 (おかげ)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing; assistance; help; aid; effects; influence
気持ち (きもち)
feeling; sensation; mood; preparedness; readiness; attitude; thanks; solicitude; sympathy; just a little; somewhat; slightly
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
少々 (しょうしょう)
just a minute; small quantity
(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

Kanji

Readings: メイ、 まよ.う
Meanings: astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion
Readings: ワク、 まど.う
Meanings: beguile, delusion, perplexity
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ジン、 たず.ねる、 ひろ
Meanings: inquire, fathom, look for