水は見る見るうちに橋げたのところまで達した。

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English Translation

The water came up to the bridge girder in a second.

Furigana

水(みず)は見(み)る見(み)るうちに橋(はし)げたのところまで達(たっ)した。

Romanji

Mizu wa miru miru uchini hashigeta no tokoro made tasshita.

Words

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

は (は)

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

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

橋桁 (はしげた)

bridge girder

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

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

達す (たっす)

to reach; to get to