私たちは会合は短時間で終わると思っていたが、実際にはほぼ３時間も続いた。

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English Translation

We thought the meeting was going to be short, but it actually went on for almost three hours.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは会合(かいごう)は短時間(たんじかん)で終(お)わると思(おも)っていたが、実際(じっさい)にはほぼ３時間(じかん)も続(つづ)いた。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa kaigō wa tanjikan de owaru to omotteita ga, jissai ni wa hobo san jikan mo tsuzuita.

Words

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

会合 (かいごう)

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

短時間 (たんじかん)

short time

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

が (が)

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

実際 (じっさい)

practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

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

略 (ほぼ)

almost; roughly; approximately

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

続く (つづく)

to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to; to hold out; to keep; to last