はるか遠方に稲妻が走るのが見えた。

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はるか遠方に稲妻が走るのが見えた。

English Translation

I saw a flash of lightning far in the distance.

Furigana

はるか遠方(えんぽう)に稲妻(いなづま)が走(はし)るのが見(み)えた。

Romanji

Haruka enpō ni inazuma ga hashiru no ga mieta.

Words

遥か (はるか)

far; far away; distant; remote; far off

遠方 (えんぽう、おちかた)

long way; distant place

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

稲妻 (いなずま、いなづま)

(flash of) lightning

が (が)

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

走る (はしる)

to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward

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

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)