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もちろん
勿論
さいしょ
最初
やくそく
約束
ゆうせん
優先
ということ
あやま
った

Of course I apologised, saying that the first appointment had priority.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
Most common form: もちろん
of course; certainly; naturally  (often written with kana only)
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'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date
2. convention; rule
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preference; priority; precedence
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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3
to apologize; to apologise
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Kanji
モチ   not
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pig
ロン    thesis, argument, discussion   
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リン   ロン   おも think   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
サツ   サク    volume   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
wide
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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サイ   もっと most   
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シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
ヤク    promise; approximate   
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シャク   ladle
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wrap
dot   
シ   いと thread   
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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ユウ   うれえる to grieve, to be distressed   うれ sorrow   う unhappy   
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シン   こころ heart   
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
go
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
シャ   あやま to apologize   
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シャ   い to shoot   
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スン   inch
シン   み body, person   
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