もっと早く手紙を差し上げなかったことをお許し下さい。

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English Translation

Please forgive me for not having written sooner.

Furigana

もっと早(はや)く手紙(てがみ)を差(さ)し上(あ)げなかったことをお許(ゆる)し下(くだ)さい。

Romanji

Motto hayaku tegami o sashiagenakatta koto o oyurushi kudasai.

Words

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

を (を)

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.

差し上げる (さしあげる)

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

事 (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

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor