私が寝入るか寝入らぬかのうちに、電話が鳴った。

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私 が 寝入る か 寝入らぬ か の うちに 、 電話 が 鳴った 。

English Translation

I had hardly fallen asleep when the telephone rang.

Furigana

私(わたし)が寝入(ねい)るか寝入(ねい)らぬかのうちに、電話(でんわ)が鳴(な)った。

Romanji

Watashi ga neiru ka neiranu ka no uchini, denwa ga natta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

寝入る (ねいる)

to fall asleep

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

電話 (でんわ)

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

鳴る (なる)

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

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

寝

Readings: シン、 ね.る、 ね.かす、 い.ぬ、 みたまや、 や.める

Meanings: lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold

入

Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る

Meanings: enter, insert

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

鳴

Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす

Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk