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夕飯を食べているときに電話がかかってきた。

Sentence Analyzer

夕飯 食べている ときに 電話 かかってきた

English Translation

The telephone rang while I was having supper.

Furigana

夕飯(ゆうはん)()べているときに電話(でんわ)がかかってきた。

Romanji

Yūhan o tabeteiru tokini denwa ga kakattekita.

Words

夕飯 (ゆうはん、ゆうめし)
evening meal
()
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
時に (ときに)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
掛かる (かかる)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

Kanji

Readings: セキ、 ゆう
Meaning: evening
Readings: ハン、 めし
Meanings: meal, boiled rice
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk