１分待つか待たない内に彼が来た。

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１ 分 待つ か 待たない 内に 彼 が 来た 。

English Translation

I had hardly waited a minute when he came.

Furigana

１分(ふん)待(ま)つか待(ま)たない内(うち)に彼(かれ)が来(き)た。

Romanji

Ichi fun matsu ka matanai uchini kare ga kita.

Words

一 (いち)

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

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

Kanji

分

Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

待

Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち

Meanings: wait, depend on

内

Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become