船は四国の海岸にそって進んだ。

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船は四国の海岸にそって進んだ。

English Translation

The ship sailed along the coast of Shikoku.

Furigana

船(ふね)は四国(しこく)の海岸(かいがん)にそって進(すす)んだ。

Romanji

Fune wa Shikoku no kaigan ni sotte susunda.

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

四国 (しこく)

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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

海岸 (かいがん)

coast; beach

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

荒む (すさむ)

to grow wild; to run to waste