湖は白鳥が何羽か泳いでいて美しかった。

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白鳥 泳いでいて 美しかった

English Translation

The lake was beautiful with some swans swimming on it.

Furigana

(みずうみ)白鳥(はくちょう)(なん)()(およ)いでいて(うつく)しかった。

Romanji

Mizuumi wa hakuchō ga nan wa ka oyoideite utsukushikatta.

Words

(みずうみ)
lake
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
白鳥 (はくちょう、しろとり、しらとり)
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
(わ、ば、ぱ)
counter for birds and rabbits
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
泳ぐ (およぐ)
to swim
美しい (うつくしい)
beautiful; lovely

Kanji

Readings: コ、 みずうみ
Meaning: lake
Readings: ハク、 ビャク、 しろ、 しら-、 しろ.い
Meaning: white
Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: ウ、 は、 わ、 はね
Meanings: feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
Readings: エイ、 およ.ぐ
Meaning: swim
Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful