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

なかなか「きもの」を着る機会がないというかたも、思い切って着てみましょう!

Sentence Analyzer

なかなか きもの 着る 機会 ない という かた 思い切って 着てみましょう

English Translation

Also, those of you who don't have the chance to wear a 'kimono', go for it and wear one!

Furigana

なかなか「きもの」を()機会(きかい)がないというかたも、(おも)()って()てみましょう!

Romanji

Nakanaka" kimono" o kiru kikai ga nai toiu kata mo, omoikitte kitemimashō!

Words

中中 (なかなか)
very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; by no means (with negative verb); not readily; middle; half-way point; excellent; wonderful; very good
着物 (きもの)
clothing; clothes; kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)
()
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.
着る (きる)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
機会 (きかい)
chance; opportunity
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
過多 (かた)
excess; superabundance
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
思い切る (おもいきる)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

Kanji

Readings: チャク、 ジャク、 き.る、 -ぎ、 き.せる、 -き.せ、 つ.く、 つ.ける
Meanings: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp