アザラシは、海面近くまで上がってくるさまざまな魚を夜食べるのである。

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English Translation

Being active at night may relate to the behavior of seals, which feed at night on various fish that come up closer to the surface.

Furigana

アザラシは、海面(かいめん)近(ちか)くまで上(あ)がってくるさまざまな魚(さかな)を夜(よる)食(た)べるのである。

Romanji

Azarashi wa, kaimen chikaku made agattekuru samazamana sakana o yoru taberu no de aru.

Words

海豹 (あざらし、かいひょう、アザラシ)

true seal (animal); earless seal

は (は)

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

海面 (かいめん)

sea level; (surface of) sea

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

上がる (あがる)

to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion

様々 (さまざま)

varied; various

魚 (さかな、うお)

fish

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.

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...