あらかじめ電話し、テーブルの予約をしておくべきだったな。

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あらかじめ 電話し テーブル 予約 しておく べき だった

English Translation

We ought to have phoned ahead and reserved a table.

Furigana

あらかじめ電話(でんわ)し、テーブルの予約(よやく)をしておくべきだったな。

Romanji

Arakajime denwashi, te-buru no yoyaku o shiteoku beki datta na.

Words

予め (あらかじめ)
beforehand; in advance; previously
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
テーブル (テーブル)
table
()
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
予約 (よやく)
reservation; appointment; booking; advance order; contract; subscription; pledge
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
可し (べし)
shall; should; must
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: ヨ、 シャ、 あらかじ.め
Meanings: beforehand, previous, myself, I
Readings: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink