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

お肉の焼き加減は、いかがなさいますか?

Sentence Analyzer

焼き 加減 いか なさいます

English Translation

How would you like your steak cooked?

Furigana

(にく)()加減(かげん)は、いかがなさいますか?

Romanji

O niku no yaki kagen wa, ika ga nasaimasu ka?

Words

(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(にく、しし)
flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad
()
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
焼き (やき)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
加減 (かげん)
degree; extent; just right amount of; condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
烏賊 (いか、イカ)
cuttlefish; squid
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
為さる (なさる)
to do
()
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

Readings: ニク、 しし
Meaning: meat
Readings: ショウ、 や.く、 や.き、 や.き-、 -や.き、 や.ける
Meanings: bake, burning
Readings: カ、 くわ.える、 くわ.わる
Meanings: add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada
Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす
Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry