あの地震が起こったとき、私は偶然テレビを見ていた。

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English Translation

When the earthquake occurred, I happened to be watching TV.

Furigana

あの地震(じしん)が起(お)こったとき、私(わたし)は偶然(ぐうぜん)テレビを見(み)ていた。

Romanji

Ano jishin ga okotta toki, watashi wa gūzen terebi o miteita.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

が (が)

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

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

偶然 (ぐうぜん)

(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...