月例のスタッフミーティングは決して月曜日には開かれない。

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English Translation

The monthly staff meeting is never held on Monday.

Furigana

月例(げつれい)のスタッフミーティングは決(けっ)して月曜日(げつようび)には開(ひら)かれない。

Romanji

Getsurei no sutaffu mi-thingu wa kesshite getsuyōbi ni wa hirakarenai.

Words

月例 (げつれい)

monthly

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

スタッフ (スタッフ)

staff; stuff

ミーティング (ミーティング)

meeting

は (は)

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

決して (けっして、けして)

never; by no means; not in the least; in no way

月曜日 (げつようび)

Monday

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

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)