僕らの周囲で水はよどんでいた。
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English Translation
The water was dead around us.
Furigana
Romanji
Bokura no shūi de mizu wa yodondeita.
Words
僕ら
(ぼくら)
we
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
周囲
(しゅうい)
surroundings; environs; circumference
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
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
澱む
(よどむ)
to stagnate; to be stagnant; to settle; to deposit; to be sedimented; to be precipitated; to hesitate; to be sluggish; to stammer; to stumble; to falter