私は人込みの銀座でどうしてよいのか全く分からなかった。

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English Translation

I felt thoroughly lost in the crowded Ginza.

Furigana

私(わたし)は人込(ひとご)みの銀座(ぎんざ)でどうしてよいのか全(まった)く分(わ)からなかった。

Romanji

Watashi wa hitogomi no Ginza de dōshite yoi no ka mattaku wakaranakatta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

人ごみ (ひとごみ)

crowd of 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

銀座 (ぎんざ)

Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out