その疫病が流行して何千人もの人々が死んだ。

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English Translation

Thousands of people died during the plague.

Furigana

その疫病(やくびょう)が流行(りゅうこう)して何(なん)千(せん)人(にん)もの人々(ひとびと)が死(し)んだ。

Romanji

Sono yakubyō ga ryūkōshite nan sen nin mo no hitobito ga shinda.

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...

疫病 (えきびょう、やくびょう)

infectious disease; plague; epidemic

が (が)

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

流行 (はやり、りゅうこう)

fashion; fad; vogue; craze; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

千 (せん、ち)

1,000; thousand

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop