お年寄りのためにこの席は空けて置いてください。

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English Translation

Keep these seats for the elderly.

Furigana

お年寄(としよ)りのためにこの席(せき)は空(あ)けて置(お)いてください。

Romanji

O toshiyori no tameni kono seki wa akete oite kudasai.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

年寄り (としより)

old people; the aged; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

席 (せき)

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

開ける (あける)

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn; to grow light; to end (of a period, season); to begin (of the New Year); to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for); to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor