この船は大きすぎて運河を通れない。
This ship is too big to pass through the canal.

河川は豪雨で氾濫しました。
The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.

私は学校で日本文学の英語訳、特に漱石の『吾輩は猫である』や『心』、芥川の『鼻』や『河童』を楽しく読んだ。
At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.