空気が抜けるにつれて風船は徐々に降りてきた。

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English Translation

The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.

Furigana

空気(くうき)が抜(ぬ)けるにつれて風船(ふうせん)は徐々(じょじょ)に降(お)りてきた。

Romanji

Kūki ga nukeru nitsurete fūsen wa jojoni oritekita.

Words

空気 (くうき)

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

抜ける (ぬける)

to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky); to be stupid; to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; to exit (a program loop)

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

風船 (ふうせん)

balloon (esp. small, toy variety)

は (は)

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

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)