雨が激しく降っていたが、彼は外出することに決めた。

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English Translation

In spite of the heavy rain, he decided to go out.

Furigana

雨(あめ)が激(はげ)しく降(ふ)っていたが、彼(かれ)は外出(がいしゅつ)することに決(き)めた。

Romanji

Ame ga hageshiku futteita ga, kare wa gaishutsusuru koto ni kimeta.

Words

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

激しい (はげしい)

violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense; fierce; fervent; vehement; incessant; relentless; precipitous; steep

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

外出 (がいしゅつ、そとで)

outing; trip; going out

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

決める (きめる)

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs