腰を下ろしたとたんに、電話が鳴った。

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腰を下ろしたとたんに、電話が鳴った。

English Translation

I had no sooner sat down than the telephone rang.

Furigana

腰(こし)を下(お)ろしたとたんに、電話(でんわ)が鳴(な)った。

Romanji

Koshi o oroshita totanni, denwa ga natta.

Words

腰 (こし、コシ)

back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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.

下ろす (おろす)

to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge; to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off; to withdraw money from an account; to wear (clothing) for the first time; to fillet (e.g. a fish)

途端に (とたんに)

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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