それらは暗くて、汚い建物の中で星の様に輝きました。

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English Translation

They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.

Furigana

それらは暗(くら)くて、汚(きたな)い建物(たてもの)の中(なか)で星(ほし)の様(よう)に輝(かがや)きました。

Romanji

Sorera wa kurakute, kitanai tatemono no naka de hoshi no yōni kagayakimashita.

Words

其れ等 (それら)

those (near the second person)

は (は)

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

暗い (くらい)

dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

汚い (きたない)

dirty; filthy; foul; unclean; disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting); indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse; dastardly; mean; base; underhanded; stingy; greedy

建物 (たてもの)

building

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

星 (ほし)

star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon); offender; perpetrator (police slang)

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

輝く (かがやく)

to shine; to glitter; to sparkle