生徒たちは先生に授業に遅れたことをわびた。

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English Translation

The students apologized to the teacher for being late to class.

Furigana

生徒(せいと)たちは先生(せんせい)に授業(じゅぎょう)に遅(おく)れたことをわびた。

Romanji

Seitotachi wa sensei ni jugyō ni okureta koto o wabita.

Words

は (は)

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

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

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

授業 (じゅぎょう)

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

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.

詫びる (わびる)

to apologize; to apologise