目覚ましが鳴らなかった。だから遅れたのです。

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English Translation

My alarm clock didn't work. That's why I was late.

Furigana

目覚(めざ)ましが鳴(な)らなかった。だから遅(おく)れたのです。

Romanji

Mezamashi ga naranakatta. dakara okureta no desu.

Words

目覚まし (めざまし)

alarm clock; opening one's eyes; keeping one's eyes open; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap

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

だから (だから)

so; therefore

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

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

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

目

Readings: モク、ボク、め、 -め、ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

覚

Readings: カク、おぼ.える、さ.ます、さ.める、さと.る

Meanings: memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up

鳴

Readings: メイ、な.く、な.る、な.らす

Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

遅

Readings: チ、おく.れる、おく.らす、おそ.い

Meanings: slow, late, back, later