流れの勢いが橋を押し流してしまった。

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流れ の 勢い が 橋 を 押し流してしまった 。

English Translation

The force of the current carried the bridge away.

Furigana

流(なが)れの勢(いきお)いが橋(はし)を押(おなが)し流()してしまった。

Romanji

Nagare no ikioi ga hashi o oshinagashiteshimatta.

Words

流れ (ながれ)

stream; current; flow; course of events

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

勢い (いきおい)

force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life; influence; authority; power; might; impetus; momentum; course (of events); naturally; necessarily

が (が)

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

橋 (はし)

bridge

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.

押し流す (おしながす)

to wash away

Kanji

流

Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す

Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit

勢

Readings: セイ、 ゼイ、 いきお.い、 はずみ

Meanings: forces, energy, military strength

橋

Readings: キョウ、 はし

Meaning: bridge

押

Readings: オウ、 お.す、 お.し-、 お.っ-、 お.さえる、 おさ.える

Meanings: push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of