この地方を襲った寒波のためかなり大勢の人が亡くなった。

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English Translation

Quite a few people were killed on the cold wave that hit this area.

Furigana

この地方(ちほう)を襲(おそ)った寒波(かんぱ)のためかなり大勢(たいせい)の人(ひと)が亡(な)くなった。

Romanji

Kono chihō o osotta kanpa no tame kanari taisei no hito ga nakunatta.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

地方 (ちほう)

district; region; area; locality; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

襲う (おそう)

to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

寒波 (かんぱ)

cold wave

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

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

可也 (かなり)

considerably; fairly; quite

大勢 (たいせい)

general trend; current thought

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die