あの背の高い少年が溺れかかっている子どもを救った。

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English Translation

That tall boy saved the drowning child.

Furigana

あの背(せ)の高(たか)い少年(しょうねん)が溺(おぼ)れかかっている子(こ)どもを救(すく)った。

Romanji

Ano se no takai shōnen ga oborekakatteiru kodomo o sukutta.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

背 (せい)

height; stature

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

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

溺れる (おぼれる)

to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water); to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

子供 (こども)

child; children

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.

救う (すくう)

to rescue from; to help out of; to save