水夫は仲間の水夫が力尽きて沈むのを目撃した。

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English Translation

A sailor saw his fellow sailor sink from exhaustion.

Furigana

水夫(すいふ)は仲間(なかま)の水夫(すいふ)が力尽(ちからつ)きて沈(しず)むのを目撃(もくげき)した。

Romanji

Suifu wa nakama no suifu ga chikaratsukite shizumu no o mokugekishita.

Words

水夫 (すいふ、かこ、すいしゅ)

sailor; seaman

は (は)

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

仲間 (なかま)

company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner; member of the same category

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

が (が)

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

力尽きる (ちからつきる)

to use up all one's strength

沈む (しずむ)

to sink; to go under; to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend; to feel depressed

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.

目撃 (もくげき)

witnessing; observing; sighting