留守の間、ペットの世話をしていただけますか。

Sentence Analyzer

留守 の 間 、 ぺっと の 世話 を して いただけます か 。

English Translation

Will you look after our pets while we are away?

Furigana

留守(るす)の間(ま)、ペットの世話(せわ)をしていただけますか。

Romanji

Rusu no ma, petto no sewa o shite itadakemasu ka.

Words

留守 (るす)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

ぺっと (ぺっと)

ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey

世話 (せわ)

looking after; help; aid; assistance

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.

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

頂ける (いただける)

to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory

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

留

Readings: リュウ、 ル、 と.める、 と.まる、 とど.める、 とど.まる、 るうぶる

Meanings: detain, fasten, halt, stop

守

Readings: シュ、 ス、 まも.る、 まも.り、 もり、 -もり、 かみ

Meanings: guard, protect, defend, obey

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

世

Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう

Meanings: generation, world, society, public

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk