崖っぷちに沿って狭い道が通っている。

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崖っぷち に 沿って 狭い 道 が 通っている 。

English Translation

There is a narrow path running along by the cliff.

Furigana

崖(がけ)っぷちに沿(そ)って狭(せま)い道(みち)が通(かよ)っている。

Romanji

Gakeppuchi ni sotte semai michi ga kayotteiru.

Words

崖っ縁 (がけっぷち)

edge (e.g. of a cliff, precipice); critical point or moment

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

沿う (そう)

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a plan, etc.); to act in accordance with

狭い (せまい)

narrow; confined; small

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

が (が)

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

通う (かよう)

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought); to resemble

Kanji

崖

Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 ギ、 がけ、 きし、 はて

Meanings: cliff, bluff, precipice

沿

Readings: エン、 そ.う、 -ぞ.い

Meanings: run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along

狭

Readings: キョウ、 コウ、 せま.い、 せば.める、 せば.まる、 さ

Meanings: cramped, narrow, contract, tight

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.