列車が発車しようとしているとき私たちは駅に着いた。

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English Translation

We arrived at the station as the train was leaving.

Furigana

列車(れっしゃ)が発車(はっしゃ)しようとしているとき私(わたし)たちは駅(えき)に着(つ)いた。

Romanji

Ressha ga hasshashiyou to shiteiru toki watashitachi wa eki ni tsuita.

Words

列車 (れっしゃ)

train (ordinary)

が (が)

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

発車 (はっしゃ)

departure of a vehicle

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

駅 (えき)

station

に (に)

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

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)