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突然船長は船を離れた。

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突然 船長 離れた

English Translation

Suddenly, the captain left the ship.

Furigana

突然(とつぜん)船長(せんちょう)(ふね)(はな)れた。

Romanji

Totsuzen senchō wa fune o hanareta.

Words

突然 (とつぜん)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
船長 (せんちょう、ふなおさ)
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(ふね)
ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
()
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.
離れる (はなれる)
to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up; to lose connection with; to drift away from

Kanji

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Readings: セン、 ふね、 ふな-
Meanings: ship, boat
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: リ、 はな.れる、 はな.す
Meanings: detach, separation, disjoin, digress