瞬くうちにテニスボール大の団子が消え去った。

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瞬く うちに テニス ボール大 の 団子 が 消え去った 。

English Translation

In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.

Furigana

瞬(まばた)くうちにテニスボール大(だい)の団子(だんご)が消(き)え去(さ)った。

Romanji

Mabataku uchini tenisu bo-rudai no dango ga kiesatta.

Words

瞬く (またたく、しばたたく、しばたく、まばたく、めたたく、めばたく)

to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

テニス (テニス)

tennis

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

団子 (だんご)

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy; ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd

が (が)

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

消え去る (きえさる)

to disappear; to vanish

Kanji

瞬

Readings: シュン、 またた.く、 まじろ.ぐ

Meanings: wink, blink, twinkle

大

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

団

Readings: ダン、 トン、 かたまり、 まる.い

Meanings: group, association

子

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね

Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

消

Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す

Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

去

Readings: キョ、 コ、 さ.る、 -さ.る

Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce