くじらは長い間水に潜っていられる。

Sentence Analyzer

くじら は 長い 間水 に 潜っていられる 。

English Translation

Whales can remain submerged for a long time.

Furigana

くじらは長(なが)い間水(ますい)に潜(もぐ)っていられる。

Romanji

Kujira wa nagai masui ni mogutteirareru.

Words

鯨 (くじら、クジラ)

whale (Cetacea spp.)

は (は)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

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

潜る (もぐる、むぐる)

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground

Kanji

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

水

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-

Meaning: water

潜

Readings: セン、 ひそ.む、 もぐ.る、 かく.れる、 くぐ.る、 ひそ.める

Meanings: submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush