彼が眠りかけたとき名前が呼ばれるのを耳にした。

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眠りかけた とき 名前 呼ばれる した

English Translation

He was about to fall asleep, when he heard his name called.

Furigana

(かれ)(ねむ)りかけたとき名前(なまえ)()ばれるのを(みみ)にした。

Romanji

Kare ga nemurikaketa toki namae ga yobareru no o mimi ni shita.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)
to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes
とき (とき)
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
名前 (なまえ)
name; full name; given name; first name
呼ぶ (よぶ)
to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife
()
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
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
(みみ)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
()
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
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 な、 -な
Meanings: name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: コ、 よ.ぶ
Meanings: call, call out to, invite
Readings: ジ、 みみ
Meaning: ear