彼が現れた時、私達は彼のうわさをしていた。
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English Translation
        We were talking about him when he appeared.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Kare ga arawareta toki, watashitachi wa kare no uwasa o shiteita.
    
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                彼
            
            
                (かれ)
            
        
        
            he; him; his; boyfriend
        
    
            
                が
            
            
                (が)
            
        
        
            indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
        
    
            
                現れる
            
            
                (あらわれる)
            
        
        
            to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
        
    
            
                時
            
            
                (とき)
            
        
        
            time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                の
            
            
                (の)
            
        
        
            indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
        
    
            
                噂
            
            
                (うわさ)
            
        
        
            rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
        
    
            
                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.
        
    
            
                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