その少年は海岸に辿り着こうと無駄な努力をした。

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English Translation

The boy made vain efforts to reach the shore.

Furigana

その少年(しょうねん)は海岸(かいがん)に辿(たど)り着(つ)こうと無駄(むだ)な努力(どりょく)をした。

Romanji

Sono shōnen wa kaigan ni tadori tsukou to mudana doryoku o shita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

海岸 (かいがん)

coast; beach

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

辿る (たどる)

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

着く (つく)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

無駄 (むだ)

futility; uselessness; pointlessness

努力 (どりょく)

great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to