私は紙の端切れに彼の電話番号を書き留めた。

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English Translation

I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.

Furigana

私(わたし)は紙(かみ)の端切(はぎ)れに彼(かれ)の電話(でんわ)番号(ばんごう)を書(か)き留(と)めた。

Romanji

Watashi wa kami no hagire ni kare no denwa bangō o kakitometa.

Words

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

紙 (かみ)

paper

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

端切れ (はぎれ)

scrap of cloth; odds and ends

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

番号 (ばんごう)

number; series of digits

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.

書き留める (かきとめる、かきとどめる)

to write down; to leave a note behind; to record; to chronicle