ラクダは、いわば砂漠の船です。
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English Translation
A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.
Furigana
ラクダは、いわば砂漠 の船 です。
Romanji
Rakuda wa, iwaba sabaku no fune desu.
Words
駱駝
(らくだ、ラクダ)
camel
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
言わば
(いわば)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
砂漠
(さばく)
desert
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
船
(ふね)
ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
です
(です)
be; is