これが私が遅れた理由です。

Sentence Analyzer

これ が 私 が 遅れた 理由 です 。

English Translation

This is the reason why I came late.

Furigana

これが私(わたし)が遅(おく)れた理由(りゆう)です。

Romanji

Kore ga watashi ga okureta riyū desu.

Words

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

が (が)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

遅

Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い

Meanings: slow, late, back, later

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