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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

このビデオテープを1週間以内にお返しすることを約束します。

Sentence Analyzer

この ビデオテープ 週間 以内に お返しする こと 約束します

English Translation

I promise to return this videotape within a week.

Furigana

このビデオテープを1週間(しゅうかん)以内(いない)にお(かえ)しすることを約束(やくそく)します。

Romanji

Kono bideote-pu o ichi shūkan inaini okaeshisuru koto o yakusokushimasu.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
ビデオテープ (ビデオテープ、ヴィデオテープ、ヴデオテープ、ビデオ・テープ、ヴィデオ・テープ、ヴデオ・テープ)
video tape
()
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.
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
週間 (しゅうかん)
week; weekly
お返し (おかえし)
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
約束 (やくそく)
promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date; convention; rule; destiny; fate

Kanji

Reading: シュウ
Meaning: week
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: イ、 もっ.て
Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with
Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち
Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home
Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay
Readings: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink
Readings: ソク、 たば、 たば.ねる、 つか、 つか.ねる
Meanings: bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control