私たちがあまり遠くに行かないうちに雨が降り出した。

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English Translation

We had not gone very far when it started to rain.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちがあまり遠(とお)くに行(い)かないうちに雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り出(だ)した。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga amari tōku ni ikanai uchini 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

余り (あまり、あんまり)

remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over

遠く (とおく)

far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far

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

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

雨 (あめ)

rain

降り出す (ふりだす)

to begin to rain; to begin to snow