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太陽が水平線の下に沈みかけている。

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太陽 水平線 沈みかけている

English Translation

The sun is sinking below the horizon.

Furigana

太陽(たいよう)水平線(すいへいせん)(した)(しず)みかけている。

Romanji

Taiyō ga suiheisen no shita ni shizumikaketeiru.

Words

太陽 (たいよう)
sun; solar
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
水平線 (すいへいせん)
horizon (related to sea or lakes)
()
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
()
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
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: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
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