移民たちは、そこへ、木の漁船にすし詰め状態で、危険な航海をするのである。

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English Translation

Packed into wooden fishing boats like sardines, the immigrants undergo the dangerous voyage there.

Furigana

移民(いみん)たちは、そこへ、木(き)の漁船(ぎょせん)にすし詰(づ)め状態(じょうたい)で、危険(きけん)な航海(こうかい)をするのである。

Romanji

Imintachi wa, soko e, ki no gyosen ni sushizume jōtai de, kikenna kōkai o suru no de aru.

Words

は (は)

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

其処 (そこ)

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

木 (き)

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

漁船 (ぎょせん)

fishing boat

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

すし詰め (すしづめ)

jam-packed; packed in like sushi (like sardines)

状態 (じょうたい)

current status; condition; situation; circumstances; state

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.

危険 (きけん)

danger; peril; hazard; risk

航海 (こうかい)

sail; voyage

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...