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ボートは岸の近くを進んだ。

Sentence Analyzer

ぼーと 近く 進んだ

English Translation

The boat hugged the shore.

Furigana

ボートは(きし)(ちか)くを(すす)んだ。

Romanji

Bo-to wa kishi no chikaku o susunda.

Words

ボード (ボード)
board
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(きし)
bank; coast; shore
()
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
近く (ちかく)
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
()
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.
荒む (すさむ)
to grow wild; to run to waste

Kanji

Readings: ガン、 きし
Meaning: beach
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める
Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote