事情があって私たちは会うのを取り止めねばならなかった。
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English Translation
        Circumstances forced us to cancel our appointment.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Jijō ga atte watashitachi wa au no o toriyamenebanaranakatta.
    
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                事情
            
            
                (じじょう)
            
        
        
            circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                私たち
            
            
                (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
            
        
        
            we; us
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                会う
            
            
                (あう)
            
        
        
            to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                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.
        
    
            
                取り止める
            
            
                (とりやめる)
            
        
        
            to cancel; to call off
        
    Kanji
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
                        Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
                    Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 なさ.け
                        Meanings: feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts
                    Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
                        Meanings: private, I, me
                    Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
                        Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
                    Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
                        Meanings: take, fetch, take up
                    Readings: シ、 と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、 とど.まる、 や.める、 や.む、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し
                        Meanings: stop, halt