私が彼に従わなければならない理由があるのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

私 が 彼 に 従わなければならない 理由 が ある の です か 。

English Translation

Is there any reason why I must obey him?

Furigana

私(わたし)が彼(かれ)に従(したが)わなければならない理由(りゆう)があるのですか。

Romanji

Watashi ga kare ni shitagawanakerebanaranai riyū ga aru no desu ka.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

に (に)

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

従う (したがう)

to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

の (の)

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

です (です)

be; is

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

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

従

Readings: ジュウ、 ショウ、 ジュ、 したが.う、 したが.える、 より

Meanings: accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

由

Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 ユイ、 よし、 よ.る

Meanings: wherefore, a reason