船が徐々に見えて来た。

船が徐々に見えて来た。

The ship gradually came in sight.

船(ふね)が徐々(じょじょ)に見(み)えて来(き)た。

Fune ga jojoni mietekita.

船 (ふね)

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

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)

Readings: セン、ふね、ふな-

Meanings: ship, boat

Readings: ジョ、おもむ.ろに

Meanings: gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

Readings: ライ、タイ、く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き、こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become