急に３匹の犬が私たちの前に現れた。

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急に３匹の犬が私たちの前に現れた。

English Translation

All of a sudden, three dogs appeared in front of us.

Furigana

急(きゅう)に３匹(ひき)の犬(いぬ)が私(わたし)たちの前(まえ)に現(あらわ)れた。

Romanji

Kyū ni san hiki no inu ga watashitachi no mae ni arawareta.

Words

急 (きゅう)

urgent; sudden; abrupt; sharp; steep; precipitous; rapid; swift; fast; emergency; crisis; hurrying; haste; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

が (が)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

現れる (あらわれる)

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)