あのお年を召した人に席を譲ってあげてはどうですか。

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あの お年 を 召した 人 に 席 を 譲ってあげて は どう です か 。

English Translation

Why don't you give your seat to that old gentleman?

Furigana

あのお年(とし)を召(め)した人(ひと)に席(せき)を譲(ゆず)ってあげてはどうですか。

Romanji

Ano otoshi o meshita hito ni seki o yuzutteagete wa dō desu ka.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

を (を)

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.

召す (めす)

to call; to invite; to send for; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride; to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku); to do; honorific suffix used after the -masu stem of a verb

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

に (に)

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

席 (せき)

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

譲る (ゆずる)

to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of; to yield; to surrender; to concede

は (は)

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

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

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

召

Readings: ショウ、 め.す

Meanings: seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

席

Readings: セキ、 むしろ

Meanings: seat, mat, occasion, place

譲

Readings: ジョウ、 ゆず.る

Meanings: defer, turnover, transfer, convey