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

Kさんの内緒にしていただくとの約束のもとに前回「左右」後日談なる駄文をお送りしましたが、今回はその後日談です。

Sentence Analyzer

さん 内緒 していただく 約束 もと 前回 左右 後日談 なる 駄文 お送りしました 今回 その後 日談 です

English Translation

Last time I sent out my humble work, the afterword to "left-right", written on the promise that you'd keep it secret from him, this time it's the afterword to that afterword.

Furigana

Kさんの内緒(ないしょ)にしていただくとの約束(やくそく)のもとに前回(ぜんかい)左右(さゆう)後日談(ごじつだん)なる駄文(だぶん)をお(おく)りしましたが、今回(こんかい)はその()日談(にちだん)です。

Romanji

Kei san no naisho ni shiteitadaku to no yakusoku no moto ni zenkai" sayū" gojitsudan naru dabun o ookurishimashita ga, konkai wa sonogo Nichidan desu.

Words

(ケー、ケイ)
K; k
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
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
内緒 (ないしょ、ないしょう)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment; kitchen
()
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
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
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
約束 (やくそく)
promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date; convention; rule; destiny; fate
(もと)
origin; source; base; basis; foundation; root; cause; ingredient; material; (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (plant) root; (tree) trunk; first section of a waka; counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip
前回 (ぜんかい)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
左右 (さゆう、そう、さう)
left and right; influence; control; domination
後日談 (ごじつだん)
sequel; later development
(なり)
to be (an affirmation); to be (location); sum of money (used to express an exact sum on a receipt, envelope, certificate, etc.)
駄文 (だぶん)
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
()
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.
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
今回 (こんかい)
now; this time; lately
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
その後 (そのご、そのあと、そののち)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち
Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home
Readings: ショ、 チョ、 お、 いとぐち
Meanings: thong, beginning, inception, end, cord, strap, mental or emotional state
Readings: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink
Readings: ソク、 たば、 たば.ねる、 つか、 つか.ねる
Meanings: bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える
Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
Readings: サ、 シャ、 ひだり
Meaning: left
Readings: ウ、 ユウ、 みぎ
Meaning: right
Readings: ゴ、 コウ、 のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
Meanings: behind, back, later
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Reading: ダン
Meanings: discuss, talk
Readings: ダ、 タ
Meanings: burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ソウ、 おく.る
Meanings: escort, send
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now