貯金するのに何年もかかったが、彼らの船旅での休暇はとうとう実現した。

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English Translation

It took years of saving, but their seagoing vacation come true at last.

Furigana

貯金(ちょきん)するのに何(なん)年(ねん)もかかったが、彼(かれ)らの船旅(ふなたび)での休暇(きゅうか)はとうとう実現(じつげん)した。

Romanji

Chokinsuru no ni nan nen mo kakatta ga, karera no funatabi de no kyūka wa tōtō jitsugenshita.

Words

貯金 (ちょきん)

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

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

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

罹る (かかる)

to suffer from

が (が)

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

船旅 (ふなたび)

trip by boat

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

休暇 (きゅうか)

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

到頭 (とうとう)

finally; at last; reaching a head

実現 (じつげん)

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation