目が覚めているときばかりか眠っているときにもそれが必要だ。

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English Translation

We need it when asleep as well as when awake.

Furigana

目(め)が覚(さ)めているときばかりか眠(ねむ)っているときにもそれが必要(ひつよう)だ。

Romanji

Me ga sameteiru toki bakari ka nemutteiru tokini mo sore ga hitsuyō da.

Words

目 (め)

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

が (が)

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

覚める (さめる)

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia); to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

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

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)

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

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

だ (だ)

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