目をとじるか閉じないうちに私は眠ってしまった。

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English Translation

Hardly had I closed my eyes when I fell asleep.

Furigana

目(め)をとじるか閉(と)じないうちに私(わたし)は眠(ねむ)ってしまった。

Romanji

Me o tojiru ka tojinai uchini watashi wa nemutteshimatta.

Words

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

を (を)

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.

綴じる (とじる)

to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

閉じる (とじる)

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

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

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)

to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes