電車に乗ろうとして階段を駆け下りたら、足がつっちゃって、階段の途中で座り込んでしまった。

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English Translation

My leg cramped up as I ran down the stairs to catch a train, and I had to sit down right there in the middle of the stairway.

Furigana

電車(でんしゃ)に乗(の)ろうとして階段(かいだん)を駆(か)け下(お)りたら、足(あし)がつっちゃって、階段(かいだん)の途中(とちゅう)で座(すわ)り込(こ)んでしまった。

Romanji

Densha ni norou toshite kaidan o kake oritara, ashi ga tsutchatte, kaidan no tochū de suwarikondeshimatta.

Words

電車 (でんしゃ)

train; electric train

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

乗る (のる)

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

階段 (かいだん)

stairs; stairway; staircase

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.

駆ける (かける)

to run (race, esp. horse); to dash; to gallop (one's horse); to canter; to advance (against one's enemy)

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

足 (あし)

foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin

が (が)

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

攣る (つる)

to cramp; to be cramped; to contract

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

途中 (とちゅう)

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

座り込む (すわりこむ)

to sit down (and bask); to sit-in (in protest)