先週五人の生徒が授業を休んだ。

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先週五人の生徒が授業を休んだ。

English Translation

Last week five students were absent from class.

Furigana

先週(せんしゅう)五(ご)人(にん)の生徒(せいと)が授業(じゅぎょう)を休(やす)んだ。

Romanji

Senshū go nin no seito ga jugyō o yasunda.

Words

先週 (せんしゅう)

last week; the week before

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

が (が)

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

授業 (じゅぎょう)

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

休む (やすむ)

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire; to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business