白いヨットが海面を滑るように走っていた。
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English Translation
A white yacht was sailing over the sea.
Furigana
Romanji
Shiroi yotto ga kaimen o suberu yō ni hashitteita.
Words
白い
(しろい)
white
ヨット
(ヨット)
yacht (usually only used for a sailing boat with one mast)
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
海面
(かいめん)
sea level; (surface of) sea
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.
滑る
(すべる)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip; to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status)
様
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
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
走る
(はしる)
to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward