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I regret to inform you that I will be unable to keep our appointment for February 27.
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Vocabulary list

ikannagara
expression
  1. I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
ikan
na adjective, noun
  1. regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
nagara
particle
  1. while; during; as
  2. while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding
  3. all; both
  4. as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")
prefix
  1. while doing something else (at the same time)
nigatsu
noun
  1. February
  2. second month of the lunar calendar
nijuushichinichi
nijuunananichi
noun
  1. twenty-seventh day of the month
  2. twenty-seven days
nichi
noun
  1. Sunday
suffix
  1. day (of the month) (also んち or ち)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for days (also んち or ち)
noun, noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix
  1. Japan
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
oyakusoku
noun, suru verb
  1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date
noun, no adjective
  1. something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
yakusokuwomamoru
expression, godan verb
  1. to keep a promise; to keep one's word
yakusoku
noun, suru verb
  1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date
  2. convention; rule
  3. destiny; fate
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
mamoru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to protect; to guard; to defend
  2. to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
kotogadekiru

Polite Present Indicative Negative Form

kotogadekimasen
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to be able (to); to be possible (to) (usu. verb+ことが...)
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
dekiru

Polite Present Indicative Negative Form

dekimasen
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
  2. to be ready; to be completed
  3. to be made; to be built
  4. to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
  5. to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
  6. to grow; to be raised
  7. to become pregnant

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