あれこれ苛々している主婦は、電話が鳴るとすぐさま受話器を取った。

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English Translation

The worried housewife heard the telephone ring and quickly picked up the receiver.

Furigana

あれこれ苛()々()している主婦(しゅふ)は、電話(でんわ)が鳴(な)るとすぐさま受話器(じゅわき)を取(と)った。

Romanji

Arekore shiteiru shufu wa, denwa ga naru to sugusama juwaki o totta.

Words

彼此 (あれこれ、かれこれ)

one thing or another; this and that; this or that; just on; around; about; nearly; roughly; almost; round about

々 (くりかえし、おなじ、おなじく、のま、どうのじてん)

repetition of kanji (sometimes voiced)

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

主婦 (しゅふ)

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

が (が)

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

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

直ぐ様 (すぐさま)

immediately; promptly

受話器 (じゅわき)

(telephone) receiver

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play