時計は動いていた。しかし目覚ましのベルが鳴らなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

時計は動いていた。しかし目覚ましのべるが鳴らなかった。

English Translation

The clock was working, but the alarm had not gone off.

Furigana

時計(とけい)は動(うご)いていた。しかし目覚(めざ)ましのベルが鳴(な)らなかった。

Romanji

Tokei wa ugoiteita. shikashi mezamashi no beru ga naranakatta.

Words

時計 (とけい、ときはかり)

watch; clock; timepiece

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

動く (うごく)

to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; to operate; to run; to go; to work; to be touched; to be influenced; to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; certain; factual; to be transferred

然し (しかし)

however; but

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

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

ベル (ベル)

bell; bel; B

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