昼食会のお約束ですが、どうも私の都合がつきかねます。

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English Translation

I'm afraid I won't be able to make it for our luncheon appointment.

Furigana

昼食会(ちゅうしょくかい)のお約束(やくそく)ですが、どうも私(わたし)の都合(つごう)がつきかねます。

Romanji

Chūshokukai no o yakusoku desu ga, dōmo watashi no tsugō ga tsukikanemasu.

Words

昼食会 (ちゅうしょくかい)

luncheon meeting

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

約束 (やくそく)

promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date; convention; rule; destiny; fate

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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

どうも (どうも)

thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret); quite; really; mostly; somehow; in spite of oneself; no matter how hard one may try (one is unable to) (with negative verb); no matter how hard one may try not to (one ends up doing) (with positive verb, esp. -shimau); greetings; hello; goodbye

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

都合 (つごう)

circumstances; condition; convenience; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money; in all; in total; all told

点く (つく)

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire