滑稽な話をしている真最中に彼に電話がかかってきたので話を中止した。

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English Translation

He was in the middle of a funny story when he broke off to answer the telephone.

Furigana

滑稽(こっけい)な話(はなし)をしている真最中(まっさいちゅう)に彼(かれ)に電話(でんわ)がかかってきたので話(はなし)を中止(ちゅうし)した。

Romanji

Kokkeina hanashi o shiteiru massaichū ni kare ni denwa ga kakattekita node hanashi o chūshishita.

Words

滑稽 (こっけい)

funny; humorous; humourous; comical; laughable; ridiculous; joking

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

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.

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

真っ最中 (まっさいちゅう)

midst; middle of; height of

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

電話 (でんわ)

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

が (が)

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

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

中止 (ちゅうし)

suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption