私は本に夢中になっていて、あなたが呼んだのが聞こえなかった。

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English Translation

I was absorbed in a book and didn't hear you call.

Furigana

私(わたし)は本(ほん)に夢中(むちゅう)になっていて、あなたが呼(よ)んだのが聞(き)こえなかった。

Romanji

Watashi wa hon ni muchū ni natteite, anata ga yonda no ga kikoenakatta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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

夢中 (むちゅう)

daze; (in a) trance; ecstasy; delirium; engrossment; within a (deep) dream

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

が (が)

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

呼ぶ (よぶ)

to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife

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

聞こえる (きこえる)

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed