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

あなたのおいでをみんなで首を長くして待っています。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた おいで みんな 長く して 待っています

English Translation

We are all looking forward to your coming.

Furigana

あなたのおいでをみんなで(くび)(なが)くして()っています。

Romanji

Anata no oide o minna de kubi o nagaku shite matteimasu.

Words

貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
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
お出で (おいで)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
()
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.
(みな、みんな)
all; everyone; everybody; everything
(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.
(くび、クビ)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)
長い (ながい)
long (distance); long (time); lengthy
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
待つ (まつ)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 くび
Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち
Meanings: wait, depend on