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そのボートは
しんすい
浸水
し
はじ
始
めてまもなく
しず
沈
んだ。
The boat began to take in water and soon sank.
Grammar and points of interest
verb て form verb て form
 
and
そのボートは浸水し始めてまもなく沈んだ。
Conjugations and inflections
  浸水し始めて is the te form of the 始める form of 'suru' verb 浸水   ALL INFLECTIONS
  沈んだ is the past form of 'mu' godan verb 沈む   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ボ ー ト 1
noun
boat; rowing boat
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し ん す い 0
inundation; submersion; flood
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ま も な く 2
1. soon; before long; in a short time  (often written with kana only)
2. lacking time to ...; without time to ...  (after verb; often written with kana only)
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し ず む 0 し ず む 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sink; to go under; to submerge
2. to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
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Kanji
浸
シン   ひたす to soak   ひたる to be soaked   
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又
また again   
冖
cover; covered   
ヨ
yo = to yell / say hi
氵
スイ   みず water   
水
スイ   みず water   
始
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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沈
チン   しずむ to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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冘
lame   
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