長いこと待たないうちに彼が到着した。

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長い こと 待たない うちに 彼 が 到着した 。

English Translation

I had not waited long before he arrived.

Furigana

長(なが)いこと待(ま)たないうちに彼(かれ)が到着(とうちゃく)した。

Romanji

Nagai koto matanai uchini kare ga tōchakushita.

Words

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

到着 (とうちゃく)

arrival

Kanji

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

待

Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち

Meanings: wait, depend on

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

到

Readings: トウ、 いた.る

Meanings: arrival, proceed, reach, attain, result in

着

Readings: チャク、 ジャク、 き.る、 -ぎ、 き.せる、 -き.せ、 つ.く、 つ.ける

Meanings: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing