川で脱げた靴が浮きつ沈みつ流れていった。
My shoe that came off in the river was bobbing up and down as it floated away.
押しつ押されつしてなんとかそこに着くことができた。
I managed to get there somehow by pushing and being pushed.
アリとアリマキは持ちつ持たれつの関係にある。
Ants and aphids have a give-and-take relationship.
僕たちは持ちつ持たれつの関係で、保育園の頃から今に至るまでお互い助け合ってきた。
We have always been in a give and take relationship, helping each other from the time we were in nursery school until now.
コンサート会場には大勢の人が集まっていて、ゲートが開かれても押しつ押されつで全然会場に入れなかった。
There were so many people gathered at the concert venue that even when the gate was opened, I could not enter the venue at all because of the pushing and shoving.
彼はドアの前をしばらく不安げに行きつ戻りつしていたすえに入ることにした。
After some time, he finally decided to go inside after nervously going back and forth in front of the door.
老人は小枝の浮きつ沈みつを眺めながら、海の匂いを楽しんだ。
The old man enjoyed the smell of the sea as he watched the twig bobbing up and down.
藤原拓海、須藤京一など、多くの有名なドライバーが抜きつ抜かれつのレースを繰り広げた。
Takumi Fujiwara, Kyoichi Sudo and many other famous drivers fought a neck-and-neck race, overtaking and being overtaken.
曇り空で風が強かったから月が雲に見えつ隠れつしていた。
It was a cloudy night with strong wind, so the moon was moving in and out of the clouds.
折角の満月なのに雲のせいで月が見えつ隠れつしていてガッカリだ。
Despite being a long-awaited full moon, I am disappointed because it is becoming visible and then hiding repeatedly due to the clouds.
父が憧れのプラモデルを買おうか悩みながら、その店の前を行きつ戻りつしています。
My dad keeps pacing back and forth in front of the shop, wondering whether to buy the plastic model he has always wanted.
今まで常に持ちつ持たれつの関係だった親友が他界してしまい、僕は途方に暮れている。
With the unfortunate passing of my good friend, with whom I always had a give-and-take relationship, I am at a complete loss for what to do.
今日観戦した野球の試合は押しつ押されつの良い試合だったが、結局応援していたチームは負けてしまった。
The baseball match I was spectating today was a good mix of being on the offensive and then on the defensive, but in the end, the team that I was cheering for lost.
所詮は子供だと期待していなかったが、子供たちの抜きつ抜かれつの持久走大会は予想以上に迫力があった。
I didn't expect much since they were only children, but the kids' long-distance race, with them overtaking each other back and forth, was more exciting than I'd imagined.
お鍋の中で浮きつ沈みつしている糸蒟蒻を眺めながら、今日あった出来事について思いを巡らせていました。
As I watched the ito-konyaku repeatedly float and then sink in the nabe, I pondered over the events of the day.