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

こちらはスミスと申します。ジョンソンさんはおいででしょうか。

Sentence Analyzer

こちら スミス 申します ジョンソン さん おいで でしょう

English Translation

This is Mr Smith speaking. Is Mr Johnson in?

Furigana

こちらはスミスと(もう)します。ジョンソンさんはおいででしょうか。

Romanji

Kochira wa Sumisu to mōshimasu. Jonson san wa oide deshō ka.

Words

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)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
申す (もうす)
to say; to be called; to do
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
お出で (おいで)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
デス (デス)
death
()
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

Kanji

Readings: シン、 もう.す、 もう.し-、 さる
Meanings: have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac