道という道は川から溢れだした水で覆われていた。

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English Translation

Anything like a road was covered with water that had flooded out of the river.

Furigana

道(みち)という道(みち)は川(かわ)から溢(あふ)れだした水(みず)で覆(おお)われていた。

Romanji

Michi toiu michi wa kawa kara afuredashita mizu de oowareteita.

Words

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

は (は)

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

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

溢れる (あふれる)

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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.

覆う (おおう)

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise