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太陽は地平線の下へ沈んだ。

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太陽 地平線 沈んだ

English Translation

The sun went below the horizon.

Furigana

太陽(たいよう)地平線(ちへいせん)(した)(しず)んだ。

Romanji

Taiyō wa chiheisen no shita e shizunda.

Words

太陽 (たいよう)
sun; solar
()
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)
()
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
(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
()
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