あなたはこの事態をどう釈明するのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた は この 事態 を どう 釈明する の です か 。

English Translation

How do you account for this situation?

Furigana

あなたはこの事態(じたい)をどう釈明(しゃくめい)するのですか。

Romanji

Anata wa kono jitai o dō shakumeisuru no desu ka.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

は (は)

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

此の (この)

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

事態 (じたい)

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

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.

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

釈明 (しゃくめい)

explanation; vindication

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

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

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

態

Readings: タイ、 わざ.と

Meanings: attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)

釈

Readings: シャク、 セキ、 とく、 す.てる、 ゆる.す

Meaning: explanation

明

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light