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め
目
が
さ
覚
めてみると
われわれ
我々
は
だい
大
うなばら
海原
を
ひょうりゅう
漂流
していた。
When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
目が覚めてみると我々は大海原を漂流していた。
verb plain form + と verb plain form + と
 
when, if
目が覚めてみると我々は大海原を漂流していた。
verb て form + みる verb て form + みる
 
try to do
目が覚めてみると我々は大海原を漂流していた。
Conjugations and inflections
  覚めてみる is the てみる form of ichidan verb 覚める   ALL INFLECTIONS
  漂流していた is the past form of the progressive form of 'suru' verb 漂流   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
め 1
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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さ め る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to wake; to wake up
2. to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
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わ れ わ れ 0
Most common form: 我我
we
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prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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う な ば ら 0 う な ば ら 2
noun
ocean; sea; the deep
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ひ ょ う り ゅ う 0
drifting; drift; being adrift
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Kanji
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
覚
カク   おぼえる to remember   さめる to awake   さます to rouse, awaken   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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儿
legs
龸
classroom
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⺌
small
冖
cover; covered   
我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
海
カイ   うみ ocean   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
原
ゲン   はら meadow   
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厂
cliff
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
漂
ヒョウ   ただよう to drift about, float   
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票
ヒョウ    ballot, slip of paper   
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覀
west
示
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
流
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush　   
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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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丨
stick   
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