先約がありますので残念ながらご招待に応じかねます。

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English Translation

I regret that a previous engagement prevents me from accepting your kind invitation.

Furigana

先約(せんやく)がありますので残念(ざんねん)ながらご招待(しょうたい)に応(おう)じかねます。

Romanji

Sen'yaku ga arimasu node zannen nagara go shōtai ni ōjikanemasu.

Words

先約 (せんやく)

previous engagement; prior contract

が (が)

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

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

残念 (ざんねん)

deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

御 (ご)

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

招待 (しょうたい、しょうだい)

invitation

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

応じる (おうじる)

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for