上司は私が会議に遅刻したことを許してくれなかった。

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English Translation

My boss didn't excuse me for coming late to the meeting.

Furigana

上司(じょうし)は私(わたし)が会議(かいぎ)に遅刻(ちこく)したことを許(ゆる)してくれなかった。

Romanji

Jōshi wa watashi ga kaigi ni chikokushita koto o yurushitekurenakatta.

Words

上司 (じょうし)

superior authorities; boss

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

会議 (かいぎ)

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress

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

事 (こと、こん)

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

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.

許す (ゆるす)

to permit; to allow; to approve; to tolerate; to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to pardon; to forgive; to release; to let off; to confide in; to give up; to yield