病気の母を見舞うために帰郷しなければならないといった話をでっちあげた。

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English Translation

I'd made up some story about having to go home to see my sick mother.

Furigana

病気(びょうき)の母(はは)を見舞(みま)うために帰郷(ききょう)しなければならないといった話(はなし)をでっちあげた。

Romanji

Byōki no haha o mimau tameni kikyōshinakerebanaranai toitta hanashi o detchiageta.

Words

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

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.

見舞う (みまう)

to ask after (health); to visit

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

帰郷 (ききょう)

homecoming; return to one's home

と言った (といった)

such ... as; or some such

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

でっち上げる (でっちあげる)

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to hoax; to pull a hoax; to cobble up; to put together in a hurry