私が食事を終えたところに友達から電話がかかってきて、夕食に招待された。

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English Translation

I had hardly finished my meal when my friend phoned me and invited me out for dinner.

Furigana

私(わたし)が食事(しょくじ)を終(お)えたところに友達(ともだち)から電話(でんわ)がかかってきて、夕食(ゆうしょく)に招待(しょうたい)された。

Romanji

Watashi ga shokuji o oeta tokoroni tomodachi kara denwa ga kakattekite, yūshoku ni shōtaisareta.

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

食事 (しょくじ)

meal; to eat

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.

終える (おえる)

to finish; to graduate

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

夕食 (ゆうしょく)

evening meal; dinner

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

招待 (しょうたい、しょうだい)

invitation