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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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