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Zach

そのうちペンが手から滑り落ちてしまい、ただ聞き入るだけでした。

Sentence Analyzer

そのうち ぺん から 滑り落ちてしまい ただ 聞き入る だけ でした

English Translation

Then the pen fell from my hand and I just listened.

Furigana

そのうちペンが()から(すべ)()ちてしまい、ただ(きい)()るだけでした。

Romanji

Sonouchi pen ga te kara suberiochiteshimai, tada kikiiru dake deshita.

Words

その内 (そのうち)
before very long; soon; eventually; sooner or later; of the previously mentioned
ペン (ペン)
pen
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
()
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
滑り落ちる (すべりおちる)
to slip off
(ただ、タダ)
ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless
聞き入る (ききいる)
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: カツ、 コツ、 すべ.る、 なめ.らか
Meanings: slippery, slide, slip, flunk
Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert