This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

恐縮ですがお手伝い願えませんか。

Sentence Analyzer

恐縮 です 手伝い願えません

English Translation

May I make so bold as to request your assistance?

Furigana

恐縮(きょうしゅく)ですがお手伝(てつだ)(ねが)えませんか。

Romanji

Kyōshuku desu ga o tetsudainegaemasen ka.

Words

恐縮 (きょうしゅく)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed; shrinking back in fear
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
手伝う (てつだう)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
()
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

Readings: キョウ、 おそ.れる、 おそ.る、 おそ.ろしい、 こわ.い、 こわ.がる
Meanings: fear, dread, awe
Readings: シュク、 ちぢ.む、 ちぢ.まる、 ちぢ.める、 ちぢ.れる、 ちぢ.らす
Meanings: shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: デン、 テン、 つた.わる、 つた.える、 つた.う、 つだ.う、 -づた.い、 つて
Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Readings: ガン、 ねが.う、 -ねがい
Meanings: petition, request, vow, wish, hope