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

第一に君にこのことを言っておきたい。

Sentence Analyzer

この こと 言っておきたい

English Translation

First of all, I want to tell you this.

Furigana

(だい)(いち)(きみ)にこのことを()っておきたい。

Romanji

Dai ichi ni kimi ni kono koto o itteokitai.

Words

(だい)
ordinal
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(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
()
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.
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word