船は島々の間を見えつ隠れつして縫うように進んで行った。

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English Translation

The steamer wound in and out among the islands.

Furigana

船(ふね)は島々(しまじま)の間(ま)を見(み)えつ隠(かく)れつして縫(ぬ)うように進(すす)んで行(い)った。

Romanji

Fune wa shimajima no ma o mie tsu kakure tsu shite nuu yōni susundeitta.

Words

船 (ふね)

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

は (は)

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

島々 (しまじま)

islands

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

を (を)

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.

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

隠れる (かくれる)

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

縫う (ぬう)

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

荒む (すさむ)

to grow wild; to run to waste