彼は水に飛び込んでから息をしようとして水面に浮かび上がってきた。

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English Translation

He dived into the water and came up for air.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は水(みず)に飛(と)び込(こ)んでから息(いき)をしようとして水面(すいめん)に浮(う)かび上(あ)がってきた。

Romanji

Kare wa mizu ni tobikonde kara iki o shiyou toshite suimen ni ukabiagattekita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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

飛び込む (とびこむ)

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to dive; to burst in; to barge in

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

息 (いき、おき)

breath; breathing; tone; mood

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

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

水面 (すいめん、みなも)

water's surface

浮かび上がる (うかびあがる)

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)