それから長い沈黙が続いた。

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それから 長い 沈黙 が 続いた 。

English Translation

There followed a long silence.

Furigana

それから長(なが)い沈黙(ちんもく)が続(つづ)いた。

Romanji

Sorekara nagai chinmoku ga tsuzuita.

Words

其れから (それから)

and then; after that

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

沈黙 (ちんもく)

silence; being silent; quiet; hush; reticence; inaction

が (が)

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

続く (つづく)

to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to; to hold out; to keep; to last

Kanji

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

沈

Readings: チン、 ジン、 しず.む、 しず.める

Meanings: sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes

黙

Readings: モク、 ボク、 だま.る、 もだ.す

Meanings: silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is

続

Readings: ゾク、 ショク、 コウ、 キョウ、 つづ.く、 つづ.ける、 つぐ.ない

Meanings: continue, series, sequel