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Furigana Show|Add to ▼ Source 西の魔女が死んだ - P59
Maybe Mai was lonely? No, without thinking of even that kind of thing, simply, she intently kept swimming.
考えが及ばない
思いつかない、考え付かない、などの意味の表現。
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Vocabulary list

mai
proper noun
  1. Mai
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
sabishii

Plain Past Indicative Form

sabishikatta
i adjective
  1. lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
darouka
expression
  1. don't you think?; indicates question
da

Plain Presumptive Form

darou
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
iya
interjection
  1. no; nay
  2. well; er; why
  3. you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
iya
interjection
  1. why; oh (exclamation of surprise)
  2. no!; quit it!; stop!
sonna
pre-noun adjectival
  1. such; that sort of; that kind of; like that (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
interjection
  1. no way!; never!
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
kangaeru

masu stem

kangae
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
  2. to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
  3. to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
  4. to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
  5. to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
  6. to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
  7. to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
oyobu

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

oyobanai
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to go on (for, until)
  2. to be up to the task; to come up to
  3. to compare with; to be a match (for)
  4. to commit (a crime)
  5. to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
tada
no adjective, noun
  1. ordinary; common; usual
  2. free of charge (only 只)
  3. unaffected; as is; safe (usu. as ただでは...)
adverb
  1. only; merely; just; simply
conjunction
  1. but; however; nevertheless (esp. 但)
hitasura
adverb, na adjective
  1. intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
oyogu

te-form

oyoide
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to swim
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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