とても楽しく過ごしていた、するとそのとき悲しい知らせが届いた。

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English Translation

I was having a very good time, when the sad news came.

Furigana

とても楽(たの)しく過(す)ごしていた、するとそのとき悲(かな)しい知(し)らせが届(とど)いた。

Romanji

Totemo tanoshiku sugoshiteita, suruto sono toki kanashii shirase ga todoita.

Words

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

楽しい (たのしい)

enjoyable; fun

過ごす (すごす)

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it

すると (すると)

thereupon; hereupon

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

悲しい (かなしい)

sad; sorrowful

知らせ (しらせ)

notice; notification

が (が)

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

届く (とどく)

to reach; to arrive; to get through; to get at; to be attentive; to pay attention; to be delivered; to carry (e.g. sound)