海の氷はきわめて変わりやすい——寒く風のない天候のときは固く凍っているが、嵐のときは外洋の広い水域で割れてしまう。

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海の氷はきわめて変わりやすい —— 寒く風のない天候のときは固く凍っているが、嵐のときは外洋の広い水域で割れてしまう。

English Translation

The sea ice is highly variable - frozen solid during cold, calm weather and broken up in large areas of open water during storms.

Furigana

海(うみ)の氷(こおり)はきわめて変(か)わりやすい——寒(さむ)く風(かぜ)のない天候(てんこう)のときは固(かた)く凍(こお)っているが、嵐(あらし)のときは外洋(がいよう)の広(ひろ)い水域(すいいき)で割(わ)れてしまう。

Romanji

Umi no kōri wa kiwamete kawari yasui samuku kaze no nai tenkō no toki wa kataku kōtteiru ga, arashi no toki wa gaiyō no hiroi suiiki de wareteshimau.

Words

海 (うみ、み、わた、わだ)

sea; ocean; waters

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

氷 (こおり)

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

は (は)

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

極めて (きわめて)

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

変わる (かわる)

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

易い (やすい)

easy; likely to ..., have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

寒い (さむい、さぶい)

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny

風 (かぜ)

wind; breeze; draught; draft; manner; behaviour; behavior; cold; influenza

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

天候 (てんこう)

weather

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

硬い (かたい)

hard; solid; tough; stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing); strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe; steady; honest; steadfast; obstinate; stubborn; bookish; formal; stuffy

凍る (こおる)

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

が (が)

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

嵐 (あらし)

storm; tempest; difficulty; trouble

外洋 (がいよう)

open sea; ocean

広い (ひろい)

spacious; vast; wide

水域 (すいいき)

waters; water area

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

割れる (われる)

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn; to be divided; to cleave; to come to light; to be identified; to be established; to become clear