失礼ですが、この席は空いていますか。

Sentence Analyzer

失礼 です が 、 この 席 は 空いています か 。

English Translation

Excuse me, is this seat taken?

Furigana

失礼(しつれい)ですが、この席(せき)は空(あ)いていますか。

Romanji

Shitsurei desu ga, kono seki wa aiteimasu ka.

Words

失礼 (しつれい、しつらい、しちらい)

discourtesy; impoliteness; Excuse me; Goodbye; to leave; to be rude

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

席 (せき)

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

開く (あく)

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be free; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.); to come to an end; to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.); to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

失

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

礼

Readings: レイ、 ライ

Meanings: salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration

席

Readings: セキ、 むしろ

Meanings: seat, mat, occasion, place

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum