少しお時間をいただけませんか。あなたとちょっとお話ししたいのです。

Sentence Analyzer

少し 時間 いただけません あなた ちょっと お話ししたい です

English Translation

Can you spare me a few minutes? I'd like to have a word with you.

Furigana

(すこ)しお時間(じかん)をいただけませんか。あなたとちょっとお(はな)ししたいのです。

Romanji

Sukoshi o jikan o itadakemasen ka. anata to chotto ohanashishitai no desu.

Words

少し (すこし)
small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
()
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.
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
()
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
貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
一寸 (ちょっと、ちょと、チョット、ちょいと、チョッと)
just a minute; short time; just a little; somewhat; easily; readily; rather; (will not) easily; hey!
お話 (おはなし)
story; tale
()
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
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk