電話が鳴った時、私はもう寝ていた。
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English Translation
I had already gone to bed when the telephone rang.
Furigana
Romanji
Denwa ga natta toki, watashi wa mō neteita.
Words
電話
(でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
鳴る
(なる)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
時
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
もう
(もう)
now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)
寝る
(ねる)
to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle
Kanji
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす
Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: シン、 ね.る、 ね.かす、 い.ぬ、 みたまや、 や.める
Meanings: lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold