残念ながら先約があります。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
I'm sorry, but I have a prior engagement.
Furigana
Romanji
Zannen nagara sen'yaku ga arimasu.
Words
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")
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
Kanji
Readings: ザン、 サン、 のこ.る、 のこ.す、 そこな.う、 のこ.り
Meanings: remainder, leftover, balance
Reading: ネン
Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink