危うく車がぶつかりそうになり、彼女は怪我こそしなかったが、ぞっとして鳥肌がたった。

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English Translation

She wasn't hurt, but she got goose bumps when her car nearly crashed.

Furigana

危(あや)うく車(くるま)がぶつかりそうになり、彼女(かのじょ)は怪我(けが)こそしなかったが、ぞっとして鳥肌(とりはだ)がたった。

Romanji

Ayauku kuruma ga butsukarisō ni nari, kanojo wa kega koso shinakatta ga, zotto shite torihada ga tatta.

Words

危うい (あやうい)

dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious; in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk; uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful; close (i.e. a close call); narrow

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

が (が)

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

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

なる (なる)

that is in; who is called; that is called; that is

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

怪我 (けが)

injury (to animate object); hurt

こそ (こそ)

for sure (emphasize preceding word)

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

ぞっと (ぞっと、ゾッと)

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

鳥肌 (とりはだ)

gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps

起つ (たつ)

to rise up; to initiate (political) action