積荷のバランスが取れなくて船は転覆した。

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English Translation

Due to a lack of balance the ship turned over.

Furigana

積荷(つみに)のバランスが取(と)れなくて船(ふね)は転覆(てんぷく)した。

Romanji

Tsumini no baransu ga torenakute fune wa tenpukushita.

Words

積み荷 (つみに)

load; freight; cargo

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

バランス (バランス)

balance

が (が)

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

取れる (とれる)

to come off; to be removed; (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear; to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken as; (of balance, etc.) to be attained; to be obtainable

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

転覆 (てんぷく)

capsizing; overturn; turning over; upset; overthrow (e.g. a government)