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

ご請求分の商品は欠陥品でしたので、私どもとしてはお支払いいたしかねます。

Sentence Analyzer

請求分 商品 欠陥品 でした ので 私ども として 支払い いたしかねます

English Translation

As your goods for which you are charging us were imperfect, we will not pay this account.

Furigana

請求分(せいきゅうぶん)商品(しょうひん)欠陥品(けっかんひん)でしたので、(わたし)どもとしてはお支払(しはら)いいたしかねます。

Romanji

Go seikyūbun no shōhin wa kekkanhin deshita node, watashidomo toshite wa o shiharai itashikanemasu.

Words

()
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
()
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
商品 (しょうひん)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
欠陥品 (けっかんひん)
defective merchandise
デス (デス)
death
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
私ども (わたくしども、わたしども)
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
として (として)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
支払い (しはらい)
payment
致す (いたす)
to do

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 シン、 ショウ、 こ.う、 う.ける
Meanings: solicit, invite, ask
Readings: キュウ、 グ、 もと.める
Meanings: request, want, wish for, require, demand
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: ショウ、 あきな.う
Meanings: make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く
Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Readings: カン、 おちい.る、 おとしい.れる
Meanings: collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う
Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
Readings: フツ、 ヒツ、 ホツ、 はら.う、 -はら.い、 -ばら.い
Meanings: pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of