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「もしや、あなたは小川さんではありませんか?」「そうですが、何か?」

Sentence Analyzer

もしや あなた 小川 さん ありません そう です

English Translation

"Might you happen to be Mr. Ogawa?" "Well, yes ... can I help you?"

Furigana

「もしや、あなたは小川(おがわ)さんではありませんか?」「そうですが、(なに)か?」

Romanji

" moshiya, anata wa Ogawa san de wa arimasen ka?"" sō desu ga, nani ka?"

Words

若しや (もしや)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
小川 (おがわ)
streamlet; brook
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
()
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
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: セン、 かわ
Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what