倒した座席の背を少し戻していただけますか。

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English Translation

Could you put your seat back up a little?

Furigana

倒(たお)した座席(ざせき)の背(せ)を少(すこ)し戻(もど)していただけますか。

Romanji

Taoshita zaseki no se o sukoshi modoshite itadakemasu ka.

Words

倒す (たおす)

to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side; to kill; to defeat; to beat; to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin; to leave unpaid; to cheat

座席 (ざせき)

seat

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

背 (せい)

height; stature

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.

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

戻す (もどす)

to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand); to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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