例によって、マイクは今日の午後会合に遅刻した。

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English Translation

As is usual with him Mike was late for the meeting this afternoon.

Furigana

例(れい)によって、マイクは今日(きょう)の午後(ごご)会合(かいごう)に遅刻(ちこく)した。

Romanji

Rei niyotte, maiku wa kyō no gogo kaigō ni chikokushita.

Words

例 (れい)

custom; practice; habit; usual; said; aforementioned; instance; example; case; illustration; usage; precedent

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

マイク (マイク)

mike; mic; microphone

は (は)

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

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

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

遅刻 (ちこく)

lateness; late coming