強いコーヒー一杯がなければなかなか目が覚めない。

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English Translation

It is hard to wake up without a strong cup of coffee.

Furigana

強(つよ)いコーヒー一(いち)杯(はい)がなければなかなか目(め)が覚(さ)めない。

Romanji

Tsuyoi ko-hi- ichi hai ga nakereba nakanaka me ga samenai.

Words

強い (つよい)

strong; powerful; mighty; potent; resistant; resilient; durable

珈琲 (コーヒー、こーひー)

coffee

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

杯 (はい、はた)

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls; counter for ships, octopuses and squid

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

中中 (なかなか)

very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; by no means (with negative verb); not readily; middle; half-way point; excellent; wonderful; very good

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

覚める (さめる)

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia); to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned