目(め)覚(ざ)ま()し() mezamashiが ga鳴(な)っ()た() nattaのに noni目(め)が()覚(さ)め()な()か()っ()た() megasamenakatta。 The alarm went off but I didn't wake up. Literal Alarm [subj-が] rang [despite-のに] eyes [subj-が] not-awakened. ~のに ('despite, even though') marks a frustrated expectation — the alarm rang, so waking up should have followed. 目が覚める ('eyes awaken') is the intransitive pair of 目を覚ます. sleepmorning~のに (despite/even though)
目(め)覚(ざ)ま()し() mezamashiが ga鳴(な)っ()た() nattaのに noni目(め)が()覚(さ)め()な()か()っ()た() megasamenakatta。 The alarm went off but I didn't wake up. Literal Alarm [subj-が] rang [despite-のに] eyes [subj-が] not-awakened. ~のに ('despite, even though') marks a frustrated expectation — the alarm rang, so waking up should have followed. 目が覚める ('eyes awaken') is the intransitive pair of 目を覚ます. sleepmorning~のに (despite/even though)