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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

あなたのいらっしゃるのがあまり遅いので、今電話をするところでした。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた いらっしゃる あまり 遅い ので 電話 する ところ でした

English Translation

You were so late coming that I was just about to telephone you.

Furigana

あなたのいらっしゃるのがあまり(おそ)いので、(こん)電話(でんわ)をするところでした。

Romanji

Anata no irassharu no ga amari osoi node, kon denwa o suru tokoro deshita.

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
いらっしゃる (いらっしゃる)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); is (doing); are (doing)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
余り (あまり、あんまり)
remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over
遅い (おそい)
slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
(こん)
the current ...; this; today's ...
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
()
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
(ところ、とこ)
place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い
Meanings: slow, late, back, later
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk