English Sentence:

I read in the newspaper that a whale was stranded on the British coast.

Japanese Translation:

鯨がイギリスの海岸に打ち上げられたと新聞で読みました。

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くじら
クジラ
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kujira

whale

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ga

(nominative case particle), but (conjunction)

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いぎりす
イギリス
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igirisu

Britain, England

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no

(nominalization, possession, description, nominative case, sentence-final particle for interrogation, confirmation)

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かい|がん
カイ|ガン

kaigan

coast

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ni

(particle for dative, time, location, direction)

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|||げられた
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|||げられた
|||ゲラレタ

uchiagerareta

to have been thrown (on the shore), to have been stranded, to have been launched

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to

and, that (complementizer), with, (particle for juxtaposition), (conjunction for a conditional clause)

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しん|ぶん
シン|ブン

shinbun

newspaper

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de

(and, particle for time, places, measure/means, reason, contents, unity/coordination, age)

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|みました
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|みました
|ミマシタ

yomimashita

to have read (polite)

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