乗組員たちは太平洋横断の航海に向けて準備をしました。

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English Translation

The crew prepared for the voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

Furigana

乗組員(のりくみいん)たちは太平洋(たいへいよう)横断(おうだん)の航海(こうかい)に向(む)けて準備(じゅんび)をしました。

Romanji

Norikumiintachi wa Taiheiyō ōdan no kōkai ni mukete junbi o shimashita.

Words

は (は)

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

太平洋 (たいへいよう)

Pacific Ocean

横断 (おうだん)

crossing; transverse

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

航海 (こうかい)

sail; voyage

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

向ける (むける)

to turn towards; to point

準備 (じゅんび)

preparation; setup; arrangements; provision; reserve

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to