飛行機が離陸しようとしたとき、異常な音を聞いた。

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English Translation

The plane was about to take off when I heard a strange sound.

Furigana

飛行機(ひこうき)が離陸(りりく)しようとしたとき、異常(いじょう)な音(おと)を聞(き)いた。

Romanji

Hikōki ga ririkushiyou to shita toki, ijōna oto o kiita.

Words

飛行機 (ひこうき)

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

が (が)

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

離陸 (りりく)

takeoff

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

異常 (いじょう)

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

音 (おと、ね、おん)

sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance