彼がマッチをすったとたんに爆弾が爆発した。

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English Translation

No sooner had he struck the match than the bomb exploded.

Furigana

彼(かれ)がマッチをすったとたんに爆弾(ばくだん)が爆発(ばくはつ)した。

Romanji

Kare ga matchi o sutta totanni bakudan ga bakuhatsushita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

燐寸 (マッチ)

match (to light fire with)

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

途端に (とたんに)

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

爆弾 (ばくだん、バクダン)

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shochu highball, also beer with whiskey)

爆発 (ばくはつ)

explosion; detonation; eruption