店はクリスマス前の土曜日なので混雑していた。

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English Translation

The stores were alive with people the Saturday before Christmas.

Furigana

店(みせ)はクリスマス前(まえ)の土曜日(どようび)なので混雑(こんざつ)していた。

Romanji

Mise wa kurisumasu mae no doyōbina node konzatsushiteita.

Words

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

は (は)

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

クリスマス (クリスマス)

Christmas

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

土曜日 (どようび)

Saturday

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

混雑 (こんざつ)

congestion; crush; crowding; jam; confusion; disorder