運よく汽船が通りかかって彼らは救助された。

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English Translation

As good luck would have it, a steamer passed by and they were saved.

Furigana

運(うん)よく汽船(きせん)が通(とお)りかかって彼(かれ)らは救助(きゅうじょ)された。

Romanji

Un yoku kisen ga tōrikakatte karera wa kyūjosareta.

Words

運 (うん)

fortune; luck

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

汽船 (きせん)

steamship; steamboat; steamer

が (が)

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

通る (とおる)

to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; to be straight (e.g. wood grain); to be well-informed; to be wise; to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

救助 (きゅうじょ)

relief; aid; rescue