こういう事情ですから、残念ながら、せっかくのご招待をお受けいたしかねるのです。

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English Translation

As such is the case, I am sorry I can't accept your kind invitation.

Furigana

こういう事情(じじょう)ですから、残念(ざんねん)ながら、せっかくのご招待(しょうたい)をお受(う)けいたしかねるのです。

Romanji

Kōiu jijō desu kara, zannen nagara, sekkaku no go shōtai o o ukeita shi kaneru no desu.

Words

こう言う (こういう、こうゆう)

such; like this

事情 (じじょう)

circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

です (です)

be; is

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

残念 (ざんねん)

deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

折角 (せっかく)

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited; kind; specially; especially; expressly

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

御 (ご)

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

招待 (しょうたい、しょうだい)

invitation

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.

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

受ける (うける)

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well

し (し)

(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

兼ねる (かねる)

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside; to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others); to think of the future (as well as the present)