外国へ行って１ヶ月も経たぬうちに、彼は病気になった。

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English Translation

He had not been abroad for one month before he was taken ill.

Furigana

外国(がいこく)へ行(い)って１ヶ月(かげつ)も経(た)たぬうちに、彼(かれ)は病気(びょうき)になった。

Romanji

Gaikoku e itte ichi kagetsu mo tatanu uchini, kare wa byōki ni natta.

Words

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

カ月 (かげつ)

(number of) months

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

経つ (たつ)

to pass; to lapse

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...