フェリーは動き出し、我々は３０分で向こう岸に着いた。

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English Translation

The ferry started to move and we were across in half an hour.

Furigana

フェリーは動(うご)き出(だ)し、我々(われわれ)は３０分(ふん)で向(む)こう岸(ぎし)に着(つ)いた。

Romanji

Fyeri- wa ugokidashi, wareware wa san zero fun de mukōgishi ni tsuita.

Words

フェリー (フェリー)

ferry

は (は)

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

動き出す (うごきだす)

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

我々 (われわれ)

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

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.

向こう岸 (むこうぎし)

opposite bank; farther shore

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

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)