歯医者に行くのをどうして遅らせているのか。

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歯医者 に 行く の を どうして 遅らせている の か 。

English Translation

Why have you delayed seeing the dentist?

Furigana

歯医者(はいしゃ)に行(い)くのをどうして遅(おく)らせているのか。

Romanji

Haisha ni iku no o dōshite okuraseteiru no ka.

Words

歯医者 (はいしゃ)

dentist

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

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

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.

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

遅らせる (おくらせる)

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard; to put back (a clock)

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

歯

Readings: シ、 よわい、 は、 よわ.い、 よわい.する

Meanings: tooth, cog

医

Readings: イ、 い.やす、 い.する、 くすし

Meanings: doctor, medicine

者

Readings: シャ、 もの

Meanings: someone, person

行

Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう

Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank

遅

Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い

Meanings: slow, late, back, later