彼は出発しようとしていた。
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English Translation
        He was about to start.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Kare wa shuppatsushiyou to shiteita.
    
Words
            
                彼
            
            
                (かれ)
            
        
        
            he; him; his; boyfriend
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                出発
            
            
                (しゅっぱつ)
            
        
        
            departure
        
    
            
                と
            
            
                (と)
            
        
        
            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: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
                        Meanings: he, that, the
                    Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
                        Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
                    Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
                        Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots