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なが
長
い
ふなたび
船旅
は
わたし
私
たちにとって
しれん
試練
であった。
The long voyage was a trial for us.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
長い船旅は私たちにとって試練であった。
にとって にとって
 
for, to, from the standpoint of
長い船旅は私たちにとって試練であった。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
な が い 2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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ふ な た び 0
noun
trip by boat
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わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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expression
to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding  (see also: 取る; often written with kana only)
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し れ ん 1
noun
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
長
チョウ   ながい long   
船
セン   ふね    ふな- ship   
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舟
シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
冂
wide
丶
dot   
㕣
eight mouths
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八
ハチ   や    やつ    よう eight   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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旅
リョ   たび trip   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
試
シ   ためす to test   こころみる to attempt   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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式
シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
弋
shoot
練
レン   ねる to polish up, knead, train   
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東
トウ   ひがし east   
糸
シ   いと thread   
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