アテネへ向かう一隻の貨物船が何の痕跡も残さずに地中海で沈没した。

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English Translation

A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.

Furigana

アテネへ向(む)かう一隻(いっせき)の貨物船(かもつせん)が何(なに)の痕跡(こんせき)も残(のこ)さずに地中海(ちちゅうかい)で沈没(ちんぼつ)した。

Romanji

Atene e mukau isseki no kamotsusen ga nani no konseki mo nokosazu ni Chichūkai de chinbotsushita.

Words

アテネ (アテネ)

Athens

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

向かう (むかう)

to face; to go towards

一隻 (いっせき)

one boat; one ship

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

貨物船 (かもつせん)

freighter (vessel); cargo ship

が (が)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

痕跡 (こんせき)

trace; traces; vestige; vestiges

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

残す (のこす)

to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve

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

地中海 (ちちゅうかい)

Mediterranean Sea

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.

沈没 (ちんぼつ)

sinking; foundering; going down; submersion; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time