矢先に

Meanings

1. Adverb

   just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

• 父ちちが出でかけようとした矢先やさきに電話でんわが鳴なった。

  My father was about to leave when the telephone rang.

• 私わたしが返事へんじをしようとした矢先やさきに、彼かれが口くちを出だしてきた。

  I was about to reply, when he boldly cut in.

• 運命うんめいの人ひとに会えたとしても，幸しあわせになれるとは限かぎらない。彼かれなんて結婚けっこんして子供こどもは双子ふたごが生うまれてバラ色いろの人生じんせいかと思おもった矢先やさきに家族かぞくがみんな夜盗やとうに殺ころされた。

  Even if you do meet the one for you, it's not a given that you'll be happy. Take him, for example. He got married and had twins for children, and just as he thought he'd have a rose-colored life, his whole family was killed by a robber at night.