彼は遅れる事を言うのを忘れた。さらに悪い事には、車の流れが悪かった。

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English Translation

He forgot to say he would be late, and to make matters worse, the traffic was bad.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は遅(おく)れる事(こと)を言(い)うのを忘(わす)れた。さらに悪(わる)い事(こと)には、車(くるま)の流(なが)れが悪(わる)かった。

Romanji

Kare wa okureru koto o iu no o wasureta. sarani warui koto ni wa, kuruma no nagare ga warukatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

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

忘れる (わすれる)

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

更に (さらに)

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

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

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

流れ (ながれ)

stream; current; flow; course of events

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and