母が病気なので私はその会合に出席できなかったのです。

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English Translation

My mother's illness prevented me from attending the meeting.

Furigana

母(はは)が病気(びょうき)なので私(わたし)はその会合(かいごう)に出席(しゅっせき)できなかったのです。

Romanji

Haha ga byōki na node watashi wa sono kaigō ni shusseki dekinakatta no desu.

Words

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

が (が)

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

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

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

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

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

です (です)

be; is