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The alarm clock is ten minutes fast.
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Vocabulary list

mezamashitokei
noun
  1. alarm clock
mezamashi
noun
  1. alarm clock
  2. waking up; keeping oneself awake
  3. type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
tokei
noun
  1. clock; watch; timepiece
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
jippun
juppun
noun
  1. 10 minutes
juu
too
numeric
  1. ten (拾 is used in legal documents)
noun
  1. ten years of age
fun
noun, counter
  1. minute (unit of time)
  2. fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
susumu

te-form

susunde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to advance; to go forward
  2. to precede; to go ahead (of)
  3. to make progress; to improve
  4. to deepen; to heighten
  5. to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead
  6. to do of one's own free will
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Polite Present Indicative Form

imasu
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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