彼女にはよくあることだが、きょうの午後の会合に遅れた。

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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)にはよくあることだが、きょうの午後(ごご)の会合(かいごう)に遅(おく)れた。

Romanji

Kanojo ni wa yoku aru koto da ga, kyō no gogo no 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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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

京 (きょう、けい)

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha-uta; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000; ten quadrillion

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