交通事故のため会議を延期せざるをえなかった。

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English Translation

We had to put off the meeting because of the traffic accident.

Furigana

交通(こうつう)事故(じこ)のため会議(かいぎ)を延期(えんき)せざるをえなかった。

Romanji

Kōtsū jiko no tame kaigi o enkisezaru o enakatta.

Words

交通 (こうつう)

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

会議 (かいぎ)

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress

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.

延期 (えんき)

postponement; adjournment

選る (よる、える、すぐる)

to choose; to select