移住者の部落が野蛮人によって征服され、移住者の希望も生活も土壇場にきた時、長い歳月をかけての不幸とのたたかいに終止符がうたれた。

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English Translation

Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.

Furigana

移住者(いじゅうしゃ)の部落(ぶらく)が野蛮人(やばんじん)によって征服(せいふく)され、移住者(いじゅうしゃ)の希望(きぼう)も生活(せいかつ)も土壇場(どたんば)にきた時(とき)、長(なが)い歳月(さいげつ)をかけての不幸(ふこう)とのたたかいに終止符(しゅうしふ)がうたれた。

Romanji

Ijūsha no buraku ga yabanjin niyotte seifukusare, ijūsha no kibō mo seikatsu mo dotanba ni kita toki, nagai saigetsu o kakete no fukō to no tatakai ni shūshifu ga utareta.

Words

移住者 (いじゅうしゃ)

emigrant; immigrant

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

部落 (ぶらく)

hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area

が (が)

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

野蛮人 (やばんじん)

barbarian; savage

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

征服 (せいふく)

conquest; subjugation; overcoming

希望 (きぼう)

hope; wish; aspiration

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

土壇場 (どたんば)

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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

抉る (えぐる、くる)

to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

歳月 (さいげつ、としつき)

time; years

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.

掛ける (かける)

to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); to sit; to take (time, money); to expend (money, time, etc.); to make (a call); to multiply; to secure (e.g. lock); to put on (glasses, etc.); to cover; to burden someone; to apply (insurance); to turn on (an engine, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on; to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.); to bind; to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto; to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.); to increase further; to catch (in a trap, etc.); to set atop; to erect (a makeshift building); to hold (a play, festival, etc.); to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble; to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ...; indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone)

不幸 (ふこう)

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

戦う (たたかう)

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist

終止符 (しゅうしふ)

full stop; period; end

撃つ (うつ)

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge