食事の用意をしましょうか。
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English Translation
        May I set the table?
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Shokuji no yōi o shimashō ka.
    
Words
            
                食事
            
            
                (しょくじ)
            
        
        
            meal; to eat
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                用意
            
            
                (ようい)
            
        
        
            preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                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
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
                        Meanings: eat, food
                    Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
                        Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
                    Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
                        Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
                    Reading: イ
                        Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking