川べりには工場の煙突が林のようにそそり立っている。

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English Translation

The riverside bristles with factory chimneys.

Furigana

川(かわ)べりには工場(こうじょう)の煙突(えんとつ)が林(はやし)のようにそそり立(た)っている。

Romanji

Kawaberi ni wa kōjō no entotsu ga hayashi no yōni sosoritatteiru.

Words

川縁 (かわぶち、かわべり)

riverbank; riverside

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

は (は)

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

工場 (こうじょう、こうば)

factory; plant; mill; workshop

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

煙突 (えんとつ)

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe; carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

が (が)

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

林 (はやし)

woods; forest; copse; thicket; bunch; line (of something); collection

様に (ように)

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

そそり立つ (そそりたつ)

to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar