電話がかかってきたとき私はたまたま外出していた。

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English Translation

I happened to be out when the call came.

Furigana

電話(でんわ)がかかってきたとき私(わたし)はたまたま外出(がいしゅつ)していた。

Romanji

Denwa ga kakattekita toki watashi wa tamatama gaishutsushiteita.

Words

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

が (が)

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

偶々 (たまたま)

casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance

外出 (がいしゅつ、そとで)

outing; trip; going out