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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 12:25 am
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A couple of brushed-up points, but overall a good translation

Originally Posted by AlwaysAisle
This video was not the part of newscast, it was taken by a private citizen likely from his high rise condo. He was filming because there was active thunderstorm in the area. There were more than one person in the room, all males. What said on the video was:

Un-audible background conversations…

すごい、
Frightful…
(incredible!)

Un-audible background conversations…

もう今エリアに入っています、完全に、
Now it is in the area (referring to the lightening), definitely…

近いからね、空気を引き裂く音がした、
It is very close (referring to the lightening), the sound is ripping through the air…
(Now it is in this area, definitely very close because of the sound ripping apart the air,)

The lightening hit the train in the video

うあお~電車、電車に落ちた、
Wow..! The train! It hit the train!

今のすごかった、
That was incredible!

しかも今動画に入りました、
On the top of that I got on the video…
(But I managed to get a video of it,)

ああ~止まっちゃた、大丈夫かな、あな~
Ahaaa…, it stopped (referring to the train), are they alight… ahaaa…
(Oh, it has stopped, I hope they are OK, that was~)
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