広大な砂漠が我々の前に横たわっていた。

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広大な砂漠が我々の前に横たわっていた。

English Translation

A vast desert lay before us.

Furigana

広大(こうだい)な砂漠(さばく)が我々(われわれ)の前(まえ)に横(よこ)たわっていた。

Romanji

Kōdaina sabaku ga wareware no mae ni yokotawatteita.

Words

広大 (こうだい)

huge; very large; vast; extensive; magnificent; grand

砂漠 (さばく)

desert

が (が)

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

我々 (われわれ)

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

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

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

横たわる (よこたわる)

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait