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お決まりの質問で悪いのだけど、これ以外には思いつかない。

Sentence Analyzer

お決まり 質問 悪い けど これ 以外に 思いつかない

English Translation

I'm sure people ask you this question all the time, but it's all that comes to mind right now.

Furigana

()まりの質問(しつもん)(わる)いのだけど、これ以外(いがい)には(おも)いつかない。

Romanji

Okimari no shitsumon de warui no da kedo, kore igaini wa omoitsukanai.

Words

お決まり (おきまり)
standard; set; routine; regular; usual; conventional; stereotyped; same old
()
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
質問 (しつもん)
question; inquiry; enquiry
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
悪い (わるい)
bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
此れ (これ)
this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
思い付く (おもいつく)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea

Kanji

Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Readings: イ、 もっ.て
Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think