きのう二つの会に出席しなければならなかったが、その間に昼食をとる暇がなかった。

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English Translation

I had to attend two meetings yesterday, and there was no time to have lunch between.

Furigana

きのう二(ふた)つの会(かい)に出席(しゅっせき)しなければならなかったが、その間(かん)に昼食(ちゅうしょく)をとる暇(ひま)がなかった。

Romanji

Kinō futatsu no kai ni shussekishinakerebanaranakatta ga, sonokan ni chūshoku o toru hima ga nakatta.

Words

機能 (きのう)

function; facility; faculty; feature

二つ (ふたつ)

two

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

会 (かい)

meeting; assembly; party; association; club

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

出席 (しゅっせき)

attendance; presence; appearance; to attend; to be present; to appear

が (が)

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

その間 (そのあいだ、そのかん)

in the meanwhile; during the time

昼食 (ちゅうしょく、ちゅうじき、ひるげ)

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

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.

とる (とる)

is being

暇 (ひま、いとま、ヒマ)

spare time; free time; leisure; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; leaving; departing

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...