やさき

[矢先] ¶外出しようとする～に電話がかかってきた

I was just about to go out when the phone rang.

矢先
arrowhead
brunt, target, just before

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やさき【矢先】

¶外出しようとする～に電話がかかってきた

I was just about to go out when the phone rang.

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やさき【矢先】

1 〔やじり〕 an arrowhead; 〔やおもて〕 a target.

2 〔間際〕

●…しようとした矢先に just as [when] one is about to do; the moment one is going to do; on the point of doing

・こちらから電話しようとしていた矢先に電話が鳴ったのです. The phone rang just as I was about to call you.

・俺もそろそろ独立しなくちゃなと思っていた矢先に親父が入院した. Just as I was thinking it was time to stand on my own two feet, my father was hospitalized.

●事故は役所が防止策に乗り出した矢先の出来事だった. The incident happened just as the government was on the point of implementing a policy to prevent such things.

●スキャンダルが露顕したのは彼が新党結成に動き始めた矢先だった. The scandal was uncovered just as he started to form a new political party.