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It was not until the telephone rang that I woke up.
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watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
denwa
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. telephone call; phone call
noun, no adjective
  1. telephone (device); phone
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
naru

te-form

natte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
Suffix after the te form of a verb
hajimete
adverb
  1. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... (after the -te form of a verb)
megasameru

Plain Past Indicative Form

megasameta
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to snap out (of a day dream, etc.)
  2. to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
me
noun
  1. eye; eyeball
  2. eyesight; sight; vision
  3. look; stare; gaze; glance
  4. notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
  5. an experience
  6. viewpoint
  7. discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
  8. appearance
  9. chance to succeed; possibility
  10. spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
  11. grain (of wood)
  12. eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
  13. intersection (on a go board); square (on a chess board)
  14. dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
  15. graduation; division (of a scale)
  16. tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
suffix
  1. ordinal number suffix
  2. somewhat; -ish (after adj. stem)
  3. point (e.g. of change) (following -masu stem)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
sameru

Plain Past Indicative Form

sameta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to wake; to wake up
  2. to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
  3. to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

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