夜寝れない時に限って、時計のカチカチいう音が気になるものだ。

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夜寝れない時に限って、時計のかちかちいう音が気になるものだ。

English Translation

It's only when I can't sleep at night that the ticking of the clock becomes loud enough to bother me.

Furigana

夜(よる)寝(ね)れない時(とき)に限(かぎ)って、時計(とけい)のカチカチいう音(おと)が気(き)になるものだ。

Romanji

Yoru nerenai tokini kagitte, tokei no kachikachi iu oto ga ki ni naru mono da.

Words

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

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

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

限る (かぎる)

to restrict; to limit; to confine; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to

時計 (とけい、ときはかり)

watch; clock; timepiece

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

かちかち (かちかち、こちこち、カチカチ、コチコチ)

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted; scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

音 (おと、ね、おん)

sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

が (が)

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

気 (き)

spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative