人々が芝生の上のあちこちに腰を下ろしていた。

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English Translation

There were some people sitting about on the grass.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)が芝生(しばふ)の上(うえ)のあちこちに腰(こし)を下(お)ろしていた。

Romanji

Hitobito ga shibafu no ue no achikochi ni koshi o oroshiteita.

Words

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

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

芝生 (しばふ)

lawn

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

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

彼方此方 (あちこち、あちらこちら、あっちこっち、かなたこなた、あなたこなた、アチコチ)

here and there; all around; everywhere; throughout; all over; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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

腰 (こし、コシ)

back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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.

下ろす (おろす)

to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge; to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off; to withdraw money from an account; to wear (clothing) for the first time; to fillet (e.g. a fish)