How to say because of a traffic jam, we were late for the meeting. in Japanese
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交通渋滞交通渋滞(koutsuujuutai) (n) traffic congestion/traffic jam/deadlockのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates questionためため(tame) (n) the same/peer私たち私たち(watashitachi) (pn,adj-no) we/usはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh会合会合(kaigou) (n,vs,adj-no) meeting/assembly/association/conjunctionにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.遅れ遅れ(okure) (n) delay/lag/postponement/falling behindたた(ta) (aux-v) indicate past completed or action/indicates light imperative。。(。) Japanese period "."
