時計が人間の行動を指図する。

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時計 が 人間 の 行動 を 指図する 。

English Translation

The clock dictates man's movements.

Furigana

時計(とけい)が人間(にんげん)の行動(こうどう)を指図(さしず)する。

Romanji

Tokei ga ningen no kōdō o sashizusuru.

Words

時計 (とけい、ときはかり)

watch; clock; timepiece

が (が)

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

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

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

行動 (こうどう)

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

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.

指図 (さしず)

instruction; mandate; directions

Kanji

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

計

Readings: ケイ、 はか.る、 はか.らう

Meanings: plot, plan, scheme, measure

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

行

Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう

Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

指

Readings: シ、 ゆび、 さ.す、 -さ.し

Meanings: finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)

図

Readings: ズ、 ト、 え、 はか.る

Meanings: map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious