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次の歌手が登場したとき、雨が降り出した。

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歌手 登場した とき 降り出した

English Translation

When the next singer came on, it began to rain.

Furigana

(つぎ)歌手(かしゅ)登場(とうじょう)したとき、(あめ)()()した。

Romanji

Tsugi no kashu ga tōjōshita toki, ame ga furidashita.

Words

(つぎ)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
()
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
歌手 (かしゅ)
singer
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
登場 (とうじょう)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
とき (とき)
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
(あめ)
rain
降り出す (ふりだす)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 シ、 つ.ぐ、 つぎ
Meanings: next, order, sequence
Readings: カ、 うた、 うた.う
Meanings: song, sing
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: トウ、 ト、 ドウ、 ショウ、 チョウ、 のぼ.る、 あ.がる
Meanings: ascend, climb up
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す
Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude