待つほどもなくメアリーが来た。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
I had not waited long before Mary came.
Furigana
Romanji
Matsu hodo mo naku Meari- ga kita.
Words
待つ
(まつ)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
程
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
も
(も)
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
無い
(ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
来る
(きたる)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to