Illustration: Morning light enters a compact Japanese bedroom through half-open curtains. Beside a low bed, a twin-bell alarm clock rattles on a wooden stool, its hammer visibly striking between the bells. The dial has plain hour marks.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

目め覚ざまし

mezamashi

alarm clock

Example sentences

目覚めざましは５時じ３０分ふんに鳴なった。
The alarm went off at five-thirty.
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目覚めざましを止とめなさい。
Turn off the alarm.
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目覚めざましがなりました。
The alarm went off.
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Kanji in 目覚

目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-
覚remember; learnOnカクKunおぼえる・さます・さめる

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