私の机の上の電話がしつこく大きな音をたてて鳴った。

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English Translation

The telephone on my desk rang persistently and loudly.

Furigana

私(わたし)の机(つくえ)の上(うえ)の電話(でんわ)がしつこく大(おお)きな音(おと)をたてて鳴(な)った。

Romanji

Watashi no tsukue no ue no denwa ga shitsukoku ōkina oto o tatete natta.

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

机 (つくえ、つき)

desk

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

電話 (でんわ)

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

が (が)

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

しつこい (しつこい、しつっこい)

insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy; greasy

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

音 (おと、ね、おん)

sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

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.

建てる (たてる)

to build; to construct

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble