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

あなたの許可をいただくべきだったでしょうか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた 許可 いただく べき だった でしょう

English Translation

Should I have asked your permission?

Furigana

あなたの許可(きょか)をいただくべきだったでしょうか。

Romanji

Anata no kyoka o itadaku beki datta deshō ka.

Words

貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
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
許可 (きょか)
permission; approval; authorization; license; to permit; to authorize
()
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.
頂く (いただく)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top); to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)
可し (べし)
shall; should; must
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
デス (デス)
death
()
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

Readings: キョ、 ゆる.す、 もと
Meanings: permit, approve
Readings: カ、 コク、 -べ.き、 -べ.し
Meanings: can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not