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Zach

私たちがおかけしたご苦労に対してどうしたら償いができるでしょう。

Sentence Analyzer

私たち おかけした ご苦労 に対して どう したら 償い できる でしょう

English Translation

How can we make it up to you for all that you have suffered because of us?

Furigana

(わたし)たちがおかけしたご苦労(くろう)(たい)してどうしたら(つぐな)いができるでしょう。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga okakeshita gokurō nitaishite dō shitara tsugunai ga dekiru deshō.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
お蔭 (おかげ)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing; assistance; help; aid; effects; influence
御苦労 (ごくろう)
trouble (I have put you through)
に対して (にたいして)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
償う (つぐなう)
to make up for; to recompense; to redeem (one's faults); to compensate for; to indemnify; to atone for
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Readings: ロウ、 ろう.する、 いたわ.る、 いた.ずき、 ねぎら、 つか.れる、 ねぎら.う
Meanings: labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Readings: ショウ、 つぐな.う
Meanings: reparation, make up for, recompense, redeem