教会の塔の時計が９時を打った。

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教会の塔の時計が９時を打った。

English Translation

The clock in the church tower struck nine.

Furigana

教会(きょうかい)の塔(とう)の時計(とけい)が９時(じ)を打(う)った。

Romanji

Kyōkai no tō no tokei ga kyū ji o utta.

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

塔 (とう)

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

時計 (とけい、ときはかり)

watch; clock; timepiece

が (が)

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

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

時 (じ)

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

打つ (うつ)

to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress; to touch; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to type; to send; to transmit; to insert; to write in; to mark; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal)