先生が部屋に入ってきたとたん、私達はおしゃべりをやめた。

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English Translation

Hardly had the teacher entered the room when we stopped chatting.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)が部屋(へや)に入(はい)ってきたとたん、私達(わたしたち)はおしゃべりをやめた。

Romanji

Sensei ga heya ni haittekita totan, watashitachi wa oshaberi o yameta.

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

が (が)

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

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

塗炭 (とたん)

misery; distress

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

お喋り (おしゃべり)

chattering; talk; idle talk; chat; chitchat; gossip; chatty; talkative; chatterbox; blabbermouth

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.

止める (やめる)

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit; to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain