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マスト
れて
ぼく
たち
ふね
ひょうりゅう
漂流
はじ
めた

The mast broke and our ship went adrift.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
1. mast  (originally from Dutch)
2. necessary; mandatory; indispensable  (see also: マストアイテム, マストバイ; originally from eng 'must')
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
2. to be folded
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pronoun
we  (male term or language)
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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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0
drifting; drift; being adrift
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Kanji
セツ   お to break, fold   おり opportunity; fold   おれる to break (intr), be folded, yield   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
hand
ボク    me, I   
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ホク   わずらわしい troublesome   
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almost lined up
grass   
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
スイ   みず water   
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   なが to pour out, to flush    
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private lidded river
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private lidded
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ム   private
lid
セン   かわ river   
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stick   
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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