私たちがちょうど出かけようとしていた時、雨が降り出した。

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English Translation

We were just about to leave when it rained.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちがちょうど出(で)かけようとしていた時(とき)、雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り出(だ)した。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga chōdo dekakeyou to shiteita toki, ame ga furidashita.

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

丁度 (ちょうど)

just; right; exactly

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

雨 (あめ)

rain

降り出す (ふりだす)

to begin to rain; to begin to snow