我々は地面が沈んでいくのを感じた。

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我々は地面が沈んでいくのを感じた。

English Translation

We felt the ground sinking.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)は地面(じめん)が沈(しず)んでいくのを感(かん)じた。

Romanji

Wareware wa jimen ga shizundeiku no o kanjita.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

地面 (じめん)

ground; earth's surface

が (が)

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

沈む (しずむ)

to sink; to go under; to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend; to feel depressed

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

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

感じる (かんじる)

to feel; to sense; to experience