かなり多くの人々がきのうの会合に出席していた。

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English Translation

Quite a few people were present at the meeting yesterday.

Furigana

かなり多(おお)くの人々(ひとびと)がきのうの会合(かいごう)に出席(しゅっせき)していた。

Romanji

Kanari ōku no hitobito ga kinō no kaigō ni shussekishiteita.

Words

可也 (かなり)

considerably; fairly; quite

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

機能 (きのう)

function; facility; faculty; feature

会合 (かいごう)

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

出席 (しゅっせき)

attendance; presence; appearance; to attend; to be present; to appear