町の人々は地震に大変驚いた。

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町の人々は地震に大変驚いた。

English Translation

The townsfolk were frightened by the earthquake.

Furigana

町(まち)の人々(ひとびと)は地震(じしん)に大変(たいへん)驚(おどろ)いた。

Romanji

Machi no hitobito wa jishin ni taihen odoroita.

Words

町 (まち、ちょう)

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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

は (は)

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

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

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

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished