長い航海の初めは、船に酔ったが、だんだんに船に慣れ出した。

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English Translation

At the outset of the long voyage I was seasick, but I gradually began to get my sea legs.

Furigana

長(なが)い航海(こうかい)の初(はじ)めは、船(ふね)に酔(よ)ったが、だんだんに船(ふね)に慣(な)れ出(だ)した。

Romanji

Nagai kōkai no hajime wa, fune ni yotta ga, dandan ni fune ni naredashita.

Words

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

航海 (こうかい)

sail; voyage

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

始め (はじめ)

beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

は (は)

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

船 (ふね)

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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

酔う (よう)

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures

が (が)

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

段々 (だんだん)

gradually; by degrees; steps; stairs; staircase; terrace

慣れる (なれる)

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated