私たちが出かけたとたん雨が降り始めた。

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私たち が 出かけた とたん 雨 が 降り始めた 。

English Translation

We had hardly started when it began to rain.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちが出(で)かけたとたん雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga dekaketa totan ame ga furihajimeta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

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

出かける (でかける)

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out

塗炭 (とたん)

misery; distress

雨 (あめ)

rain

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

出

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

雨

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ

Meaning: rain

降

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

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin