その車が男の子を撥ねた時、ちょうど居合わせた。

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English Translation

I happened along when the car hit the boy.

Furigana

その車(くるま)が男(おとこ)の子(こ)を撥(は)ねた時(とき)、ちょうど居合(いあ)わせた。

Romanji

Sono kuruma ga otokonoko o haneta toki, chōdo iawaseta.

Words

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...

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

が (が)

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

男の子 (おとこのこ、おとこのコ)

boy; male child; baby boy

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

撥ねる (はねる)

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to refuse; to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out; to flip; to splash; to splatter; to decapitate; to behead; to jump up; to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

丁度 (ちょうど)

just; right; exactly

居合わせる (いあわせる)

to happen to be present