社長の挨拶が長くて式の後半が押せ押せになってしまった。

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English Translation

The company president's welcome was so long that we were squeezed for time in the second half of the ceremony.

Furigana

社長(しゃちょう)の挨拶(あいさつ)が長(なが)くて式(しき)の後半(こうはん)が押(お)せ押(お)せになってしまった。

Romanji

Shachō no aisatsu ga nagakute shiki no kōhan ga ose ose ni natteshimatta.

Words

社長 (しゃちょう)

company president; manager; director

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

挨拶 (あいさつ)

greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody; polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge; retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

が (が)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

式 (しき)

equation; formula; expression; ceremony; style; enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

後半 (こうはん)

second half; latter half

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...