先生に急に当てられて、トンチンカンな答えをしてしまった。

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English Translation

I gave an answer that was way out in left field when the teacher caught me off-guard and called on me.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)に急(きゅう)に当(あ)てられて、トンチンカンな答(こた)えをしてしまった。

Romanji

Sensei ni kyū ni aterarete, tonchinkan na kotae o shiteshimatta.

Words

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

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

急 (きゅう)

urgent; sudden; abrupt; sharp; steep; precipitous; rapid; swift; fast; emergency; crisis; hurrying; haste; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

当てる (あてる)

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer); to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

頓珍漢 (とんちんかん、トンチンカン)

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

答え (こたえ、いらえ)

answer; reply; response; solution

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

Kanji

先

Readings: セン、さき、ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

急

Readings: キュウ、いそ.ぐ、いそ.ぎ

Meanings: hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

当

Readings: トウ、あ.たる、あ.たり、あ.てる、あ.て、まさ.に、まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

答

Readings: トウ、こた.える、こた.え

Meanings: solution, answer