返事が遅れて申し訳ありませんでした。このところ、仕事に忙殺されておりまして。

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English Translation

I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I've been snowed under at work lately.

Furigana

返事(へんじ)が遅(おく)れて申(もう)し訳(わけ)ありませんでした。このところ、仕事(しごと)に忙殺(ぼうさつ)されておりまして。

Romanji

Henji ga okurete mōshiwake arimasen deshita. kono tokoro, shigoto ni bōsatsusareteorimashite.

Words

返事 (へんじ)

reply; answer; response

が (が)

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

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

申し訳 (もうしわけ)

apology; excuse

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

デス (デス)

death

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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

忙殺 (ぼうさつ)

being extremely busy; being swamped with work