彼が朝食を食べ終わるか終わらないうちにお医者さんが来た。

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彼 が 朝食 を 食べ 終わる か 終わらない うちに お 医者 さん が 来た 。

English Translation

Hardly had he finished breakfast when the doctor came.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が朝食(ちょうしょく)を食(た)べ終(お)わるか終(お)わらないうちにお医者(いしゃ)さんが来(き)た。

Romanji

Kare ga chōshoku o tabe owaru ka owaranai uchini o isha san ga kita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

朝食 (ちょうしょく、あさげ、あさけ)

breakfast

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

朝

Readings: チョウ、 あさ

Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

終

Readings: シュウ、 お.わる、 -お.わる、 おわ.る、 お.える、 つい、 つい.に

Meanings: end, finish

医

Readings: イ、 い.やす、 い.する、 くすし

Meanings: doctor, medicine

者

Readings: シャ、 もの

Meanings: someone, person

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become