波が海岸に激しく打ち寄せていた。

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波 が 海岸 に 激しく 打ち寄せていた 。

English Translation

Waves were battering the shore.

Furigana

波(なみ)が海岸(かいがん)に激(はげ)しく打(う)ち寄(よ)せていた。

Romanji

Nami ga kaigan ni hageshiku uchiyoseteita.

Words

波 (なみ)

wave

が (が)

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

海岸 (かいがん)

coast; beach

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

激しい (はげしい)

violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense; fierce; fervent; vehement; incessant; relentless; precipitous; steep

打ち寄せる (うちよせる)

to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack

Kanji

波

Readings: ハ、 なみ

Meanings: waves, billows, Poland

海

Readings: カイ、 うみ

Meanings: sea, ocean

岸

Readings: ガン、 きし

Meaning: beach

激

Readings: ゲキ、 はげ.しい

Meanings: violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite

打

Readings: ダ、 ダアス、 う.つ、 う.ち-、 ぶ.つ

Meanings: strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

寄

Readings: キ、 よ.る、 -よ.り、 よ.せる

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