お腹が空いていたばかりでなく、私達は喉の渇きにも苦しんでいた。

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English Translation

Not only were we hungry, but we were also suffering from thirst.

Furigana

お腹(なか)が空(あ)いていたばかりでなく、私達(わたしたち)は喉(のど)の渇(かわ)きにも苦(くる)しんでいた。

Romanji

Onaka ga aiteita bakari denaku, watashitachi wa nodo no kawaki ni mo kurushindeita.

Words

お腹 (おなか)

stomach

が (が)

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

空く (すく)

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

だ (だ)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

喉 (のど、のんど、のみと、のみど)

throat; singing voice

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

渇き (かわき)

thirst

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

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

苦しむ (くるしむ)

to suffer; to groan; to be worried