教会の時計は週に３分進む。

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教会の時計は週に３分進む。

English Translation

The church clock gains three minutes a week.

Furigana

教会(きょうかい)の時計(とけい)は週(しゅう)に３分(ふん)進(すす)む。

Romanji

Kyōkai no tokei wa shū ni san fun susumu.

Words

教会 (きょうかい)

church

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

週 (しゅう)

week

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

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

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

進む (すすむ)

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen; to heighten; to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead; to do of one's own free will