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to swim
to struggle through (a crowd)
to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life)
to totter; to lose one's balance
海で泳ぐのが好きだ。
I like swimming in the sea.
子どもの頃よくプールで泳いだ。
I often swam in the pool when I was a kid.
向こう岸まで泳げるかどうか挑戦してみた。
I tried to see if I could swim to the other shore.