失礼ですがホワイト博士ではございませんか。

Sentence Analyzer

失礼 です が ホワイト 博士 で は ございません か 。

English Translation

Excuse me, but aren't you Dr. White?

Furigana

失礼(しつれい)ですがホワイト博士(はかせ)ではございませんか。

Romanji

Shitsurei desu ga howaito hakase de wa gozaimasen ka.

Words

失礼 (しつれい、しつらい、しちらい)

discourtesy; impoliteness; Excuse me; Goodbye; to leave; to be rude

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

ホワイト (ホワイト、ホワイド)

white; correction fluid; white-out

博士 (はかせ、はくし)

doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title); expert; learned person

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

御座る (ござる)

to be

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

失

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

礼

Readings: レイ、 ライ

Meanings: salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration

博

Readings: ハク、 バク

Meanings: Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)