会議は終わりに近づきつつあった。
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English Translation
The conference was drawing to an end.
Furigana
Romanji
Kaigi wa owari ni chikazuki tsutsu atta.
Words
会議
(かいぎ)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
終わる
(おわる)
to finish; to end; to close
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
近づく
(ちかづく、ちかずく)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
つつ
(つつ)
while; even though; despite
有る
(ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
Kanji
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Reading: ギ
Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
Readings: シュウ、 お.わる、 -お.わる、 おわ.る、 お.える、 つい、 つい.に
Meanings: end, finish
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount