氷は毎日相当な距離を漂うこともある。

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氷は毎日相当な距離を漂うこともある。

English Translation

The ice may drift considerable distances each day.

Furigana

氷(こおり)は毎日(まいにち)相当(そうとう)な距離(きょり)を漂(ただよ)うこともある。

Romanji

Kōri wa mainichi sōtōna kyori o tadayou koto mo aru.

Words

氷 (こおり)

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

は (は)

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

毎日 (まいにち)

every day

相当 (そうとう)

befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; considerable; substantial; to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; extremely; considerably

距離 (きょり)

distance; range

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.

漂う (ただよう)

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly; to be unsteady; to be unstable; to falter; to flinch; to wince; to live in unreliable circumstances

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about