人数が多いですから、今日は立食形式にしたんです。

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English Translation

There are a lot of people so today we've gone for buffet style.

Furigana

人数(にんずう)が多(おお)いですから、今日(きょう)は立食(りっしょく)形式(けいしき)にしたんです。

Romanji

Ninzū ga ōi desu kara, kyō wa risshoku keishiki ni shita n desu.

Words

人数 (にんずう、ひとかず)

the number of people

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

です (です)

be; is

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

立食 (りっしょく)

stand-up meal; buffet

形式 (けいしき)

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; style; format; mode; appearance; form (something takes); math expression

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")