我々は太陽が山の後ろに沈むのを眺めた。

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我々は太陽が山の後ろに沈むのを眺めた。

English Translation

We watched the sun setting behind the mountains.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)は太陽(たいよう)が山(やま)の後(うし)ろに沈(しず)むのを眺(なが)めた。

Romanji

Wareware wa taiyō ga yama no ushiro ni shizumu no o nagameta.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

太陽 (たいよう)

sun; solar

が (が)

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

山 (やま)

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; climax; peak; critical point; guess; speculation; criminal case; crime; mountain climbing; mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); wall; wall tile; temple; temple grounds; wild

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

後ろ (うしろ)

back; behind; rear

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

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

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.

眺める (ながめる)

to view; to gaze at