私が彼らのアパートを訪問したとき、夫婦は議論の真っ最中だった。

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English Translation

When I visited their apartment, the couple was right in the middle of an argument.

Furigana

私(わたし)が彼(かれ)らのアパートを訪問(ほうもん)したとき、夫婦(ふうふ)は議論(ぎろん)の真(ま)っ最中(さいちゅう)だった。

Romanji

Watashi ga karera no apa-to o hōmonshita toki, fūfu wa giron no massaichū datta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

アパート (アパート)

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

訪問 (ほうもん)

call; visit

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

夫婦 (ふうふ、めおと、みょうと)

married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

真っ最中 (まっさいちゅう)

midst; middle of; height of