母親が来たとき、彼女は勉強しているふりをした。

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English Translation

When her mother came, she pretended to be studying.

Furigana

母親(ははおや)が来(き)たとき、彼女(かのじょ)は勉強(べんきょう)しているふりをした。

Romanji

Hahaoya ga kita toki, kanojo wa benkyōshiteiru furi o shita.

Words

母親 (ははおや)

mother

が (が)

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

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

勉強 (べんきょう)

study; diligence; discount; reduction

振り (ふり)

swing; shake; wave; swinging; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to); going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction; move (dance); postures; lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; counter for swords, blades, etc.

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to