われわれの飛行機は太平洋の上を飛んで行った。

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English Translation

Our plane was flying over the Pacific Ocean.

Furigana

われわれの飛行機(ひこうき)は太平洋(たいへいよう)の上(うえ)を飛(と)んで行(い)った。

Romanji

Wareware no hikōki wa Taiheiyō no ue o tondeitta.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

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

飛行機 (ひこうき)

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

は (は)

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

太平洋 (たいへいよう)

Pacific Ocean

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

飛ぶ (とぶ)

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop