彼女によくあることだが、今日の午後会合に遅れた。

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English Translation

As is often the case with her, she was late for the meeting this afternoon.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)によくあることだが、今日(きょう)の午後(ごご)会合(かいごう)に遅(おく)れた。

Romanji

Kanojo ni yoku aru koto da ga, kyō no gogo kaigō ni okureta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

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

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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

午後 (ごご)

afternoon; p.m.

会合 (かいごう)

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

遅れる (おくれる)

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