外国人の一団が江戸、つまり東京に到着した。

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English Translation

A group of foreigners arrived in Edo, i.e. Tokyo.

Furigana

外国人(がいこくじん)の一団(いちだん)が江戸(えど)、つまり東京(とうきょう)に到着(とうちゃく)した。

Romanji

Gaikokujin no ichidan ga Edo, tsumari Tōkyō ni tōchakushita.

Words

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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

一団 (いちだん)

body; group; party; gang; troupe

が (が)

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

江戸 (えど)

old name of Tokyo

詰まり (つまり)

that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically; clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage; shrinkage; end; conclusion; dead end; corner; distress; being at the end of one's rope

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

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

到着 (とうちゃく)

arrival