お手伝いできません。実を言うと、ちょうど今とても忙しいのです。

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English Translation

I can't help you. As a matter of fact, I'm very busy just now.

Furigana

お手伝(てつだ)いできません。実(み)を言(い)うと、ちょうど今(いま)とても忙(いそが)しいのです。

Romanji

O tetsudaidekimasen. mi o iu to, chōdo ima totemo isogashii no desu.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

手伝う (てつだう)

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

実 (み)

fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

丁度 (ちょうど)

just; right; exactly

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

忙しい (いそがしい、せわしい)

busy; hectic; occupied; engaged

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

です (です)

be; is