ロイは両親を出迎えるのに空港に急ぐ必要はなかったのに。

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English Translation

Roy needn't have hurried to the airport to meet his parents.

Furigana

ロイは両親(りょうしん)を出迎(でむか)えるのに空港(くうこう)に急(いそ)ぐ必要(ひつよう)はなかったのに。

Romanji

Roi wa ryōshin o demukaeru noni kūkō ni isogu hitsuyō wa nakatta noni.

Words

は (は)

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

両親 (りょうしん、ふたおや)

parents; both parents

を (を)

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.

出迎える (でむかえる)

to meet; to greet

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

空港 (くうこう)

airport

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

急ぐ (いそぐ)

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...