電話が鳴ったときちょうど出かけるところだった。

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電話 が 鳴った とき ちょうど 出かける ところ だった 。

English Translation

I was just about to leave the house when the telephone rang.

Furigana

電話(でんわ)が鳴(な)ったときちょうど出(で)かけるところだった。

Romanji

Denwa ga natta toki chōdo dekakeru tokoro datta.

Words

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

が (が)

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

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

丁度 (ちょうど)

just; right; exactly

出かける (でかける)

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

鳴

Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす

Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude