私はきょうの午後美術の先生にお目にかかりたいんですが。

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English Translation

I'd like to see my art teacher this afternoon.

Furigana

私(わたし)はきょうの午後(ごご)美術(びじゅつ)の先生(せんせい)にお目(め)にかかりたいんですが。

Romanji

Watashi wa kyō no gogo bijutsu no sensei ni omenikakaritai n desu ga.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

京 (きょう、けい)

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha-uta; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000; ten quadrillion

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

午後 (ごご)

afternoon; p.m.

美術 (びじゅつ)

art; fine arts

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

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

お目にかかる (おめにかかる)

to meet (someone of higher status); to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); to be visible; to be seen; to be noticed

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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