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私がジョンと電話で話している最中に、交換手が割り込んできた。

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ジョン 電話 話している 最中 交換手 割り込んできた

English Translation

While I was talking on the telephone with John, the operator cut in.

Furigana

(わたし)がジョンと電話(でんわ)(はな)している最中(さいちゅう)に、交換手(こうかんしゅ)()()んできた。

Romanji

Watashi ga Jon to denwa de hanashiteiru saichū ni, kōkanshu ga warikondekita.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
話す (はなす)
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)
最中 (さいちゅう、さなか)
in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst
()
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
交換手 (こうかんしゅ)
operator (e.g. telephone)
割り込む (わりこむ)
to cut in; to thrust oneself into; to wedge oneself in; to muscle in on; to interrupt; to disturb

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Readings: カン、 か.える、 -か.える、 か.わる
Meanings: interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: カツ、 わ.る、 わり、 わ.り、 わ.れる、 さ.く
Meanings: proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める
Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)