ある19歳のカナダ人が先月、イギリス海峡をノンストップで往復泳ぎ切って世界記録を破った。
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English Translation
A 19-year-old Canadian broke the world record last month for a nonstop, round-trip swim across the English Channel.
Furigana
ある19歳 のカナダ人 が先月 、イギリス海峡 をノンストップで往復 泳 ぎ切 って世界 記録 を破 った。
Romanji
Aru ichi kyū sai no Kanadajin ga sengetsu, Igirisu kaikyō o nonsutoppu de ōfuku oyogikitte sekai kiroku o yabutta.
Words
或
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
一
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
九
(きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)
nine
歳
(さい)
-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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
カナダ人
(カナダじん)
Canadian (person)
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
先月
(せんげつ)
last month
英吉利
(イギリス)
Great Britain; United Kingdom
海峡
(かいきょう)
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
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.
ノンストップ
(ノンストップ)
nonstop
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.
往復
(おうふく)
making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters); socializing; visiting one another
泳ぐ
(およぐ)
to swim
世界
(せかい)
the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space
記録
(きろく)
record; minutes; document; a record (e.g. in sports); results; score; to record; to document; to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value
破る
(やぶる)
to tear; to break; to destroy; to break through (opponent's defense etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to shatter (dream, peace, etc.); to disturb; to violate (a rule etc.); to break (a promise etc.); to break (a record)
Kanji
Readings: サイ、 セイ、 とし、 とせ、 よわい
Meanings: year-end, age, occasion, opportunity
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき
Meanings: month, moon
Readings: カイ、 うみ
Meanings: sea, ocean
Readings: キョウ、 コウ、 はざま
Meanings: gorge, ravine
Readings: オウ、 い.く、 いにしえ、 さき.に、 ゆ.く
Meanings: journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly
Readings: フク、 また
Meanings: restore, return to, revert, resume
Readings: エイ、 およ.ぐ
Meaning: swim
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Reading: カイ
Meanings: world, boundary
Readings: キ、 しる.す
Meanings: scribe, account, narrative
Readings: ロク、 しる.す、 と.る
Meaning: record
Readings: ハ、 やぶ.る、 やぶ.れる、 わ.れる
Meanings: rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate