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かれ
彼
らは
なが
流
れに
さか
逆
らって
およ
泳
いだ。
They swam against the stream.
Grammar and points of interest
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particle に particle に
 
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彼らは流れに逆らって泳いだ。
Conjugations and inflections
  逆らって is the te form of 'u' godan verb 逆らう   ALL INFLECTIONS
  泳いだ is the past form of 'gu' godan verb 泳ぐ   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ ら 1
they (usually male); them
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な が れ 3
noun
1. stream; current; flow
2. course of events
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さ か ら う 3
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
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お よ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to swim
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
流
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush　   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
㐬
private lidded river
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
川
セン   かわ river   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
逆
ギャク    reverse, converse   さからう to go against, to oppose   さか upside down   
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屰
grass sprout
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䒑
grass   
屮
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
⻌
move
泳
エイ   およぐ swim   
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永
エイ   long time   ながい long (time)   
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冫
ice   
水
スイ   みず water   
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