波また波が岸辺に押し寄せた。

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波 また 波 が 岸辺 に 押し寄せた 。

English Translation

Wave after wave surged upon the beach.

Furigana

波(なみ)また波(なみ)が岸辺(きしべ)に押(お)し寄(よ)せた。

Romanji

Nami mata nami ga kishibe ni oshiyoseta.

Words

波 (なみ)

wave

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

が (が)

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

岸辺 (きしべ)

shore; bank (of a body of water)

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

押し寄せる (おしよせる)

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside

Kanji

波

Readings: ハ、 なみ

Meanings: waves, billows, Poland

岸

Readings: ガン、 きし

Meaning: beach

辺

Readings: ヘン、 あた.り、 ほと.り、 -べ

Meanings: environs, boundary, border, vicinity

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

寄

Readings: キ、 よ.る、 -よ.り、 よ.せる

Meanings: draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward