彼らは風と荒天のなすがままに、航海中に行方不明になった。

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English Translation

They were lost at sea, at the mercy of wind and weather.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは風(かぜ)と荒天(こうてん)のなすがままに、航海中(こうかいちゅう)に行方(ゆくえ)不明(ふめい)になった。

Romanji

Karera wa kaze to kōten no nasu ga mama ni, kōkaichū ni yukue fumei ni natta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

風 (かぜ)

wind; breeze; draught; draft; manner; behaviour; behavior; cold; influenza

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

荒天 (こうてん)

stormy weather

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

茄子 (なす、なすび、ナス、ナスビ)

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

が (が)

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

儘 (まま、まんま)

as it is; as one likes; because; as; condition; state

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

行方 (ゆくえ)

(one's) whereabouts; outcome

不明 (ふめい)

unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; anonymous; unidentified; ignorant; lack of wisdom

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...