How to Say ‘Ah, there was construction in front of the station, so I took a bit of a detour.’ in Japanese
ああ、駅前が工事中でしたので、少し遠回りさせていただきました。
aa ekimae ga kouji chuu deshi ta no de sukoshi toomawari sa se te itadaki mashi ta
Phrase Breakdown
ああ
aa
駅前
ekimae
が
ga
工事
kouji
中
chuu
でし
deshi
た
ta
の
no
で
de
少し
sukoshi
遠回り
toomawari
さ
sa
せ
se
て
te
いただき
itadaki
まし
mashi
た
ta
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