岩の間を小さな小川が流れている。

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岩 の 間 を 小さな 小川 が 流れている 。

English Translation

A small stream ran down among the rocks.

Furigana

岩(いわ)の間(ま)を小(ちい)さな小川(おがわ)が流(なが)れている。

Romanji

Iwa no ma o chiisana Ogawa ga nagareteiru.

Words

岩 (いわ)

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

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.

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

小川 (おがわ)

streamlet; brook

が (が)

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

流れる (ながれる)

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate; to be heard (e.g. music); to be played; to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair); to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted; to be called off; to be forfeited; to disappear; to be removed

Kanji

岩

Readings: ガン、 いわ

Meanings: boulder, rock, cliff

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

小

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-

Meanings: little, small

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

流

Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す

Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit