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わたし
私
たちは
ひ
日
が
ちへいせん
地平線
に
しず
沈
んでいくのを
みまも
見守
っていた。
We watched the sun sinking below the horizon.
Grammar and points of interest
particle の particle の
 
noun replacement / nominalization
私たちは日が地平線に沈んでいくのを見守っていた。
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
私たちは日が地平線に沈んでいくのを見守っていた。
OVERVIEW
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
私たちは日が地平線に沈んでいくのを見守っていた。
Conjugations and inflections
  沈んでいく is the ていく form of 'mu' godan verb 沈む   ALL INFLECTIONS
  見守っていた is the past form of the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb 見守る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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ひ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days  (this meaning is restricted to form 日)
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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ち へ い せ ん 0
noun
horizon (related to land)  (see also: 水平線)
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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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み ま も る 0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to watch over; to watch attentively
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
地
チ   ジ    ground   
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也
ヤ   to be
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
平
ヘイ   ビョウ   たいら flat   ひら ordinary; flat   
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丷
eight
干
カン   dry; drying frame   ひる to get dry   ほす to dry (something), to air   
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線
セン   line
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糸
シ   いと thread   
泉
セン   いずみ spring   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
水
スイ   みず water   
沈
チン   しずむ to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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冘
lame   
氵
スイ   みず water   
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
守
シュ   ス   まもる to protect, guard   もり babysitting   
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寸
スン   inch
宀
roof   
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