彼らは私が遅れて来たことを責めた。

they (usually male); them

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

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

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

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

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.

to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse; to urge; to press; to pester; to torture; to torment; to persecute; to break in (a horse)