立ち聞きする気はなかったが、ついあなたの話が聞こえてしまった。

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English Translation

I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I did overhear you.

Furigana

立(た)ち聞(ぎ)きする気(き)はなかったが、ついあなたの話(はなし)が聞(き)こえてしまった。

Romanji

Tachigikisuru ki wa nakatta ga, tsui anata no hanashi ga kikoeteshimatta.

Words

立ち聞き (たちぎき)

eavesdropping

気 (き)

spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence

は (は)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

が (が)

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

つい (つい)

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; against one's better judgement (judgment)

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

話 (はなし)

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

聞こえる (きこえる)

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed