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飛行機はまさに離陸せんとしていた。

Sentence Analyzer

飛行機 まさに 離陸せん していた

English Translation

The plane was on the point of taking off.

Furigana

飛行機(ひこうき)はまさに離陸(りりく)せんとしていた。

Romanji

Hikōki wa masani ririkusen to shiteita.

Words

飛行機 (ひこうき)
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
正に (まさに)
exactly; surely; certainly; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening); duly; naturally
離陸 (りりく)
takeoff
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす
Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: リ、 はな.れる、 はな.す
Meanings: detach, separation, disjoin, digress
Readings: リク、 ロク、 おか
Meanings: land, six