彼がチキンを食べ始めた時、それは少し変な味がした。

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彼がちきんを食べ始めた時、それは少し変な味がした。

English Translation

When he started to eat his chicken, it tasted a little funny.

Furigana

彼(かれ)がチキンを食(たはじ)べ始()めた時(とき)、それは少(すこ)し変(へん)な味(あじ)がした。

Romanji

Kare ga chikin o tabehajimeta toki, sore wa sukoshi henna aji ga shita.

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

チキン (チキン、チッキン)

chicken; person who scares easily; person who lacks courage

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

は (は)

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

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

変 (へん)

strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; flat

味 (あじ)

flavor; flavour; taste; charm; style; experience; smart; clever; witty; strange

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