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ホワイト博士とは前もって約束した上でなければ面会できない。

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ホワイト 博士 前もって 約束した でなければ 面会 できない

English Translation

You can meet Dr. White only by appointment.

Furigana

ホワイト博士(はかせ)とは(まえ)もって約束(やくそく)した(うえ)でなければ面会(めんかい)できない。

Romanji

Howaito hakase to wa maemotte yakusokushita ue denakereba menkai dekinai.

Words

ホワイト (ホワイト、ホワイド)
white; correction fluid; white-out
博士 (はかせ、はくし)
doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title); expert; learned person
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
前もって (まえもって)
in advance; beforehand; previously
約束 (やくそく)
promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date; convention; rule; destiny; fate
(うえ)
above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
面会 (めんかい)
meeting (face-to-face); interview
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: ハク、 バク
Meanings: Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink
Readings: ソク、 たば、 たば.ねる、 つか、 つか.ねる
Meanings: bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join