私の時計が５分遅れていたせいだった。

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私 の 時計 が ５ 分 遅れていた せい だった 。

English Translation

That was because my watch was five minutes slow.

Furigana

私(わたし)の時計(とけい)が５分(ふん)遅(おく)れていたせいだった。

Romanji

Watashi no tokei ga go fun okureteita sei datta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

所為 (せい、せえ)

consequence; outcome; result; blame

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

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

分

Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

遅

Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い

Meanings: slow, late, back, later