近くの教会からカーンカーンという鐘の音がしてきた。

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近く の 教会 から カーンカーン という 鐘 の 音 が してきた 。

English Translation

We could hear the donnnng ... donnnng of the church bells nearby.

Furigana

近(ちか)くの教会(きょうかい)からカーンカーンという鐘(かね)の音(おと)がしてきた。

Romanji

Chikaku no kyōkai kara Ka-Nka-N toiu kane no oto ga shitekita.

Words

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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

教会 (きょうかい)

church

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

カーンカーン (カーンカーン)

clanging; dong dong

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

鐘 (かね)

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

音 (おと、ね、おん)

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

が (が)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

教

Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる

Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

鐘

Readings: ショウ、 かね

Meanings: bell, gong, chimes

音

Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね

Meanings: sound, noise