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

お顔が見えるようにもっと近くにおいでください。

Sentence Analyzer

見える ように もっと 近く おいで ください

English Translation

Come nearer so that I can see your face.

Furigana

(かお)()えるようにもっと(ちか)くにおいでください。

Romanji

O kao ga mieru yōni motto chikaku ni oide kudasai.

Words

(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(かお、がん)
face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
見える (まみえる)
to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
もっと (もっと)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
近く (ちかく)
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
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

Kanji

Readings: ガン、 かお
Meanings: face, expression
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount