先生が教えている間に、生徒は寝ていた。
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English Translation
While the teacher was teaching, the students slept.
Furigana
Romanji
Sensei ga oshieteiru ma ni, seito wa neteita.
Words
先生
(せんせい、せんじょう)
teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
教える
(おしえる)
to teach; to inform; to instruct
間
(ま)
space; room; time; pause
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
生徒
(せいと)
pupil
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ト、 いたずら、 あだ
Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
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