太陽は地平線の下へ沈んだ。
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English Translation
The sun went below the horizon.
Furigana
Romanji
Taiyō wa chiheisen no shita e shizunda.
Words
太陽
(たいよう)
sun; solar
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
地平線
(ちへいせん)
horizon (related to land)
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
下
(した)
below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory
へ
(へ)
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")
沈む
(しずむ)
to sink; to go under; to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend; to feel depressed
Kanji
Readings: タイ、 タ、 ふと.い、 ふと.る
Meanings: plump, thick, big around
Readings: ヨウ、 ひ
Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: ヘイ、 ビョウ、 ヒョウ、 たい.ら、 -だいら、 ひら、 ひら-
Meanings: even, flat, peace
Readings: セン、 すじ
Meanings: line, track
Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる
Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Readings: チン、 ジン、 しず.む、 しず.める
Meanings: sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes