ケーキが焦げたのは私の失敗です。電話で話していて、時間に気付かなかったのです。

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English Translation

It's my fault that the cake was burned. I was talking on the phone and didn't notice the time.

Furigana

ケーキが焦(こ)げたのは私(わたし)の失敗(しっぱい)です。電話(でんわ)で話(はな)していて、時間(じかん)に気付(きづ)かなかったのです。

Romanji

Ke-ki ga kogeta no wa watashi no shippai desu. denwa de hanashiteite, jikan ni kizukanakatta no desu.

Words

ケーキ (ケーキ)

cake

が (が)

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

焦げる (こげる)

to burn; to be burned

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

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

です (です)

be; is

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

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

気付く (きづく)

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise