足音を聞いた瞬間、私はそれがだれだかわかった。

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English Translation

The moment I heard the footsteps, I knew who it was.

Furigana

足音(あしおと)を聞(き)いた瞬間(しゅんかん)、私(わたし)はそれがだれだかわかった。

Romanji

Ashioto o kiita shunkan, watashi wa sore ga dareda ka wakatta.

Words

足音 (あしおと)

footsteps (sound)

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

瞬間 (しゅんかん)

moment; second; instant

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

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

が (が)

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

垂れる (たれる)

to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down; to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer; to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out