私たちは小さなボートで川を下った。

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私たち は 小さな ぼーと で 川 を 下った 。

English Translation

We went down the river in a small boat.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは小(ちい)さなボートで川(かわ)を下(くだ)った。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa chiisana bo-to de kawa o kudatta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

ボード (ボード)

board

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.

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

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.

下がる (さがる)

to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; to get closer to the present day; to go south

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

小

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-

Meanings: little, small

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

下

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる

Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior