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ちょうど出かけようとしたら、雨が激しく降り出した。

Sentence Analyzer

ちょうど 出かけよう したら 激しく 降り出した

English Translation

I was just about to go out when it began to rain hard.

Furigana

ちょうど()かけようとしたら、(あめ)(はげ)しく()()した。

Romanji

Chōdo dekakeyou to shitara, ame ga hageshiku furidashita.

Words

丁度 (ちょうど)
just; right; exactly
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
()
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
(あめ)
rain
()
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
降り出す (ふりだす)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow

Kanji

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
Readings: ゲキ、 はげ.しい
Meanings: violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite
Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す
Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender