部
Components

Example details

 
ぐうぜん
偶然
ちか
近
く
まで
き
来
た
ので、ご
きげんうかが
機嫌伺
い
に
まい
参
りました
。
I happened to be in the area, so I came to visit you.
Conjugations and inflections
You can find a detailed explanation of this sentence in the Joy o' Kanji essay on 伺   VIEW
Words
ぐ う ぜ ん 0
'na' adjective, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence
(click the word for examples and links)
ち か く 2 ち か く 1
noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity  (see also: 近い)
noun (suffix)
2. nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning, examples and links)
ま で 0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
(click the word to view an additional 2 meanings and 1 form, examples and links)
く る 1
Most common form: くる
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb
1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
2. to come back; to do ... and come back  (see also: 行って来る)
(click the word to view an additional 3 meanings and 2 forms, examples and links)
の で 0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
(click the word for examples and links)
noun
courtesy call; courtesy visit  (see also: 機嫌伺い; polite (teineigo) language)
(click the word to view an additional 3 forms, examples and links)
ま い る 1
Most common form: まいる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go; to come; to call  (humble; often written with kana only)
2. to be defeated; to collapse; to die
(click the word to view an additional 3 meanings and 2 forms, examples and links)
Kanji
偶
グウ    accidentally   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
禺
グウ    long-tailed monkey   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
禸
tracks, footprint   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
冂
wide
厶
ム   private
田
デン   た rice field   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
然
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
⺼
ニク body part   
灬
fire
近
キン   ちかい close   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
斤
キン   axe
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
⻌
move
来
ライ   くる to come   きたる to be forthcoming   きたす to induce   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
丷
eight
未
ミ    not yet   
機
キ    machine   はた loom   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
幾
キ   いく- how many, how much   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
戍
protection   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
戈
tasseled spear
幺
short, tiny   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
糸
シ   いと thread   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
丨
stick   
嫌
ケン   ゲン   いや disagreeable   きらう to dislike   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
兼
ケン   double   かねる to be unable to; to double up as   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
禾
grain
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
伺
シ   うかがう to visit; to ask   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
司
シ    administer   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
可
カ    good, possible, approval   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
参
サン   まいる to visit, go, come   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
彡
fur, bristles, beard   
Flashcards
Please LOG IN for free flashcards
More info on this sentence: Google Japan ⇗ Sentence translate
Problem with this example? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×