一日中待った後、研究者達はまだ嵐がやむのを待っていたので、調査を再開することができた。

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English Translation

After waiting all day, the workers were still looking for a break in the weather so they could resume the search.

Furigana

一(いち)日中(にちちゅう)待(ま)った後(のち)、研究者達(けんきゅうしゃたち)はまだ嵐(あらし)がやむのを待(ま)っていたので、調査(ちょうさ)を再開(さいかい)することができた。

Romanji

Ichi nichichū matta nochi, kenkyūshatachi wa mada arashi ga yamu no o matteita node, chōsa o saikaisuru koto ga dekita.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日中 (にっちゅう、ひなか)

daytime; during the day; Sino-Japanese

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

後 (のち)

later; afterwards; since; future; after one's death; descendant

は (は)

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

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

嵐 (あらし)

storm; tempest; difficulty; trouble

が (が)

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

止む (やむ)

to cease; to stop; to be over

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

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.

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

調査 (ちょうさ)

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

再開 (さいかい)

reopening; resumption; restarting

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant