開会の挨拶だけで１時間もかかった。

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開会の挨拶だけで１時間もかかった。

English Translation

The opening address alone lasted one hour.

Furigana

開会(かいかい)の挨拶(あいさつ)だけで１時間(じかん)もかかった。

Romanji

Kaikai no aisatsu dake de ichi jikan mo kakatta.

Words

開会 (かいかい)

opening of a meeting

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

挨拶 (あいさつ)

greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody; polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge; retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

罹る (かかる)

to suffer from