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その
ふね
ただよ
ひょうざん
氷山
しょうとつ
衝突
して
しず
んだ

The boat sank after colliding with a drifting iceberg.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
1
noun
1. ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship  (舟 is often small and hand-propelled; this meaning is restricted to form 船, 舟, ふね)
2. tank; tub; vat; trough
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3
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to drift; to float
2. to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
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1
noun
iceberg
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0
1. collision; crash; running into
2. conflict; quarrel; clashing
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0 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
セン   ふね    ふな- ship   
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シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
wide
dot   
eight mouths
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヒョウ   ただよ to drift about, float   
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ヒョウ    ballot, slip of paper   
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west
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
スイ   みず water   
ヒョウ   ひ    こおり ice   
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スイ   みず water   
サン   やま mountain   
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ショウ    collide   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
チン   しず to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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lame   
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