幽霊を見た時、私はとても恐くて頭髪がさかだった。

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幽霊 を 見た 時 、 私 は とても 恐くて 頭髪 が さかだった 。

English Translation

When I saw the ghost, I was so frightened that my hair stood on end.

Furigana

幽霊(ゆうれい)を見(み)た時(とき)、私(わたし)はとても恐(こわ)くて頭髪(とうはつ)がさかだった。

Romanji

Yūrei o mita toki, watashi wa totemo kowakute tōhatsu ga sakadatta.

Words

幽霊 (ゆうれい)

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

時 (とき)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

怖い (こわい)

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful; (I'm) afraid

頭髪 (とうはつ)

hair (of head)

が (が)

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

逆立つ (さかだつ)

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

Kanji

幽

Readings: ユウ、 ふか.い、 かす.か、 くら.い、 しろ.い

Meanings: seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, dark, tranquil, calm

霊

Readings: レイ、 リョウ、 たま

Meanings: spirits, soul

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

恐

Readings: キョウ、 おそ.れる、 おそ.る、 おそ.ろしい、 こわ.い、 こわ.がる

Meanings: fear, dread, awe

頭

Readings: トウ、 ズ、 ト、 あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり

Meanings: head, counter for large animals

髪

Readings: ハツ、 かみ

Meaning: hair of the head