父が出かけようとした矢先に電話が鳴った。

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English Translation

My father was about to leave when the telephone rang.

Furigana

父(ちち)が出(で)かけようとした矢先(やさき)に電話(でんわ)が鳴(な)った。

Romanji

Chichi ga dekakeyou to shita yasakini denwa ga natta.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

が (が)

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

出かける (でかける)

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

矢先に (やさきに)

just when one is ...

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble