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Zach

その時彼はちょうど帰ろうとしていた。

Sentence Analyzer

その ちょうど 帰ろう していた

English Translation

He was leaving then.

Furigana

その(とき)(かれ)はちょうど(かえ)ろうとしていた。

Romanji

Sono toki kare wa chōdo kaerou to shiteita.

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...
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
丁度 (ちょうど)
just; right; exactly
帰る (かえる)
to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
()
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: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: キ、 かえ.る、 かえ.す、 おく.る、 とつ.ぐ
Meanings: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in