残念ですが、私には先約があります。

Sentence Analyzer

残念 です が 、 私 に は 先約 が あります 。

English Translation

I'm sorry I have a previous appointment.

Furigana

残念(ざんねん)ですが、私(わたし)には先約(せんやく)があります。

Romanji

Zannen desu ga, watashi ni wa sen'yaku ga arimasu.

Words

残念 (ざんねん)

deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

先約 (せんやく)

previous engagement; prior contract

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

残

Readings: ザン、 サン、 のこ.る、 のこ.す、 そこな.う、 のこ.り

Meanings: remainder, leftover, balance

念

Reading: ネン

Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

先

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

約

Readings: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか

Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink