私たちが駅に着くやいなや雨が降り始めた。

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English Translation

No sooner had we reached the station than it began to rain.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちが駅(えき)に着(つ)くやいなや雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga eki ni tsuku yainaya 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

駅 (えき)

station

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

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

や否や (やいなや)

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; whether or not

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