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彼女がお風呂に入ったとたんに郵便屋さんが小包みをもってドアをノックした。

Sentence Analyzer

彼女 風呂 入った とたんに 郵便屋 さん 包み もって ドア のっくした

English Translation

Hardly had she got in the bath when the postman knocked on the door with a parcel.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)がお風呂(ふろ)(はい)ったとたんに郵便屋(ゆうびんや)さんが(しょう)(つつ)みをもってドアをノックした。

Romanji

Kanojo ga o furo ni haitta totanni yūbin'ya san ga shō tsutsumi o motte doa o nokkushita.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
風呂 (ふろ)
bath; bathtub; bathroom; bathhouse; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
入る (いる)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
途端に (とたんに)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
郵便屋 (ゆうびんや)
postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
(しょう)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
包み (つつみ)
bundle; package; parcel; bale
()
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.
持つ (もつ)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of
ドア (ドア)
door (Western-style)
ノック (ノック)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: フウ、 フ、 かぜ、 かざ-、 -かぜ
Meanings: wind, air, style, manner
Readings: ロ、 リョ、 せぼね
Meanings: spine, backbone
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
Reading: ユウ
Meanings: mail, stagecoach stop
便
Readings: ベン、 ビン、 たよ.り
Meanings: convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ホウ、 つつ.む、 くる.む
Meanings: wrap, pack up, cover, conceal