Noun + さえ + Verb (infinitive)


Struggling to grasp this sentence:

残像｛ざんぞう｝さえ霞む｛かすむ｝高速｛こうそく｝の打突｛だとつ｝。

Rapid strikes that [verb clause starts] ...

Applying structures from
[here](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/28566/m0u/%E3%81%95%E3%81%88/) and
[here](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=sae) hasn't made sense to
me so far.

Thinking about it more: "Rapid strikes, such that even their afterimage
becomes blurred"? Sounds horrible when I translate it like that.




Your translation shows your complete understanding of the phrase even if you
do not like it yourself.

A difficulty this relative clause could present for the translator is the fact
that 「霞む」 is an intransitive verb and that is not the action either performed
by or against 「打突」, the main noun of the relative clause.

What I often do in such cases is that I rephrase it the way it does not change
the meaning or nuance of the original.

> 「残像さえ霞む高速の打突」

I mentally rephrased this to:

> 「残像さえ霞む **ような** 高速の打突」,
>
> 「残像さえ霞む **ほど** 高速の打突」 or
>
> 「残像さえ霞む **ほどに** 高速 **な** 打突」

The phrase became somewhat easier to translate and I now have:

> "a strike so rapid that even its afterimage gets blurred"

A noun phrase needs to stay as such till the end. I said that because
_**many**_ users here tend to call a phrase like this a "sentence".




Your translation shows your complete understanding of the phrase even if you
do not like it yourself.

A difficulty this relative clause could present for the translator is the fact
that 「霞む」 is an intransitive verb and that is not the action either performed
by or against 「打突」, the main noun of the relative clause.

What I often do in such cases is that I rephrase it the way it does not change
the meaning or nuance of the original.

> 「残像さえ霞む高速の打突」

I mentally rephrased this to:

> 「残像さえ霞む **ような** 高速の打突」,
>
> 「残像さえ霞む **ほど** 高速の打突」 or
>
> 「残像さえ霞む **ほどに** 高速 **な** 打突」

The phrase became somewhat easier to translate and I now have:

> "a strike so rapid that even its afterimage gets blurred"

A noun phrase needs to stay as such till the end. I said that because
_**many**_ users here tend to call a phrase like this a "sentence".

