あんまりご無沙汰してしまって、どうも敷居が高くなってしまいました。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

I have neglected you so long that I feel a bit shy in visiting you.

Furigana

あんまりご無沙汰(ぶさた)してしまって、どうも敷居(しきい)が高(たか)くなってしまいました。

Romanji

Anmari gobusatashiteshimatte, dōmo shikii ga takaku natteshimaimashita.

Words

余り (あまり、あんまり)

remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over

ご無沙汰 (ごぶさた)

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

どうも (どうも)

thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret); quite; really; mostly; somehow; in spite of oneself; no matter how hard one may try (one is unable to) (with negative verb); no matter how hard one may try not to (one ends up doing) (with positive verb, esp. -shimau); greetings; hello; goodbye

敷居 (しきい、しきみ、しき)

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

が (が)

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

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...