そのかわいそうな人々は残忍な独裁者のなすがままだった。

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English Translation

The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.

Furigana

そのかわいそうな人々(ひとびと)は残忍(ざんにん)な独裁者(どくさいしゃ)のなすがままだった。

Romanji

Sono kawaisōna hitobito wa zanninna dokusaisha no nasu ga mama datta.

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...

可哀相 (かわいそう)

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

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

残忍 (ざんにん)

cruelty; atrocity; brutality

独裁者 (どくさいしゃ)

dictator; despot

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

茄子 (なす、なすび、ナス、ナスビ)

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

が (が)

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

乳母 (うば、めのと、おんば、にゅうぼ、ちうば、ちおも、ちも、にゅうも、まま)

wet nurse; nursing mother

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative