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Zach

その年の冬北ヨーロッパはひどい寒さだったので、多くの人々が凍死したそうです。

Sentence Analyzer

その ヨーロッパ ひどい 寒さ だった ので 多く 人々 凍死した そう です

English Translation

They say that since it was bitterly cold in Northern Europe that winter, many people were frozen to death.

Furigana

その(とし)(ふゆ)(きた)ヨーロッパはひどい(さむ)さだったので、(おお)くの人々(ひとびと)凍死(とうし)したそうです。

Romanji

Sono toshi no fuyu kita Yo-Roppa wa hidoi samusa datta node, ōku no hitobito ga tōshishita sō desu.

Words

其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
()
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
(ふゆ)
winter
(きた)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; north wind
欧羅巴 (ヨーロッパ)
Europe
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
酷い (ひどい)
cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust
寒い (さむい、さぶい)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
多く (おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)
each person; people; men and women; everybody
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
凍死 (とうし)
death from cold; freezing to death
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: トウ、 ふゆ
Meaning: winter
Readings: ホク、 きた
Meaning: north
Readings: カン、 さむ.い
Meaning: cold
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: トウ、 こお.る、 こご.える、 こご.る、 い.てる、 し.みる
Meanings: frozen, congeal, refrigerate
Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-
Meanings: death, die