How to say as is often the case, mike was late for the meeting this afternoon. in Japanese
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例例(rei) (n) precedent/exampleにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.よってよって(yotte) (conj) therefore/consequently/accordingly/because of、、(、) Japanese commaマイクマイク(maiku) (n) mike/mic/microphoneはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh今日今日(kyou) (n-t) today/this day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午後午後(gogo) (n-adv,n-t) afternoon/p.m.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.遅刻遅刻(chikoku) (n,vs,adj-no) lateness/late comingしたした(shita) (n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talon。。(。) Japanese period "."
