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君はお父さんに、夕食に間に合うように帰宅しなかった事を詫びるべきだ。

Sentence Analyzer

お父さん 夕食 間に合う ように 帰宅しなかった 詫びる べき

English Translation

You should apologize to Dad for not coming home in time for supper.

Furigana

(きみ)はお(とう)さんに、夕食(ゆうしょく)()()うように帰宅(きたく)しなかった(こと)()びるべきだ。

Romanji

Kimi wa otōsan ni, yūshoku ni maniau yōni kitakushinakatta koto o wabiru beki da.

Words

(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
お父さん (おとうさん、おとっさん)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada
()
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
夕食 (ゆうしょく)
evening meal; dinner
間に合う (まにあう)
to be in time for; to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
帰宅 (きたく)
returning home
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
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.
詫びる (わびる)
to apologize; to apologise
可し (べし)
shall; should; must
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
Readings: セキ、 ゆう
Meaning: evening
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ、 あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1
Readings: キ、 かえ.る、 かえ.す、 おく.る、 とつ.ぐ
Meanings: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
Reading: タク
Meanings: home, house, residence, our house, my husband
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: タ、 わび、 わび.しい、 かこつ、 わ.びる、 わび.る
Meaning: apologize