泳者のシンディ・ニコラスは、へとへとになって泳ぎ切った後、ドーバーでかろうじて陸に上がってきたが、海峡水泳教会のスポークスマンは彼女がとても元気であると発表した。

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English Translation

The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.

Furigana

泳者(えいしゃ)のシンディ・ニコラスは、へとへとになって泳(およ)ぎ切(き)った後(のち)、ドーバーでかろうじて陸(りく)に上(あ)がってきたが、海峡(かいきょう)水泳(すいえい)教会(きょうかい)のスポークスマンは彼女(かのじょ)がとても元気(げんき)であると発表(はっぴょう)した。

Romanji

Eisha no shindhinikorasu wa, hetoheto ni natte oyogikitta nochi, Do-Ba- de karōjite riku ni agattekita ga, kaikyō suiei kyōkai no supo-kusuman wa kanojo ga totemo genki de aru to happyōshita.

Words

泳者 (えいしゃ)

a swimmer

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

へとへと (へとへと)

completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

泳ぐ (およぐ)

to swim

後 (のち)

later; afterwards; since; future; after one's death; descendant

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

辛うじて (かろうじて)

barely; narrowly; just manage to do something

陸 (りく、おか)

land; shore

上がる (あがる)

to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion

が (が)

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

海峡 (かいきょう)

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

水泳 (すいえい)

swimming

教会 (きょうかい)

church

スポークスマン (スポークスマン)

spokesman

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart