そう言えば、肝心要の部分を何も決めていなかった。

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English Translation

Now that you mention it, I wasn't involved in the decision-making for the vital part.

Furigana

そう言(い)えば、肝心(かんじん)要(よう)の部分(ぶぶん)を何(なに)も決(き)めていなかった。

Romanji

Sō ieba, kanjin yō no bubun o nani mo kimeteinakatta.

Words

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

肝心 (かんじん)

essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main

要 (かなめ)

pivot; vital point; cornerstone; keystone; Japanese photinia

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

部分 (ぶぶん)

portion; section; part

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.

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

決める (きめる)

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs