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Zach

早速本題に入るけど、飲み会の件なんだ。今週の金曜日あいてるかな。

Sentence Analyzer

早速 本題 入る けど 飲み会 今週 金曜日 あいてる

English Translation

Anyway, to get to what I wanted to ask you...it's about the party. Are you free Friday?

Furigana

早速(さっそく)本題(ほんだい)(はい)るけど、()(かい)(けん)なんだ。今週(こんしゅう)金曜日(きんようび)あいてるかな。

Romanji

Sassoku hondai ni hairu kedo, nomikai no ken na n da. konshū no kin'yōbi aiteru ka na.

Words

早速 (さっそく)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
本題 (ほんだい)
main question; real issue at hand
()
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
入る (いる)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
()
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
(けん)
matter; case; item; affair; subject
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
今週 (こんしゅう)
this week
金曜日 (きんようび)
Friday
会う (あう)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: ソウ、 サッ、 はや.い、 はや、 はや-、 はや.まる、 はや.める、 さ-
Meanings: early, fast
Readings: ソク、 はや.い、 はや-、 はや.める、 すみ.やか
Meanings: quick, fast
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
Readings: イン、 オン、 の.む、 -の.み
Meanings: drink, smoke, take
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: ケン、 くだん
Meanings: affair, case, matter, item
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Reading: シュウ
Meaning: week
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Reading: ヨウ
Meaning: weekday
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days