残念ながら今夜の会合には出席できません。

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English Translation

I'm afraid I won't be able to take part in the meeting tonight.

Furigana

残念(ざんねん)ながら今夜(こんや)の会合(かいごう)には出席(しゅっせき)できません。

Romanji

Zannen nagara kon'ya no kaigō ni wa shusseki dekimasen.

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")

今夜 (こんや)

this evening; tonight

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

会合 (かいごう)

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

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

は (は)

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

出席 (しゅっせき)

attendance; presence; appearance; to attend; to be present; to appear

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant