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私たちが帰宅したとたんに雨が降り出した。

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私たち 帰宅した とたんに 降り出した

English Translation

Hardly had we come home when it began to rain.

Furigana

(わたし)たちが帰宅(きたく)したとたんに(あめ)()()した。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga kitakushita totanni ame ga furidashita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
帰宅 (きたく)
returning home
途端に (とたんに)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
(あめ)
rain
降り出す (ふりだす)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: キ、 かえ.る、 かえ.す、 おく.る、 とつ.ぐ
Meanings: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
Reading: タク
Meanings: home, house, residence, our house, my husband
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