お客たちは外の雨の中で、数時間待たされた。

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English Translation

The customers were made to wait outside in the rain for several hours.

Furigana

お客(きゃく)たちは外(そと)の雨(あめ)の中(なか)で、数(すう)時間(じかん)待(ま)たされた。

Romanji

Okyakutachi wa soto no ame no naka de, sū jikan matasareta.

Words

は (は)

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

外 (そと、と)

outside; exterior; open air; other place

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

雨 (あめ)

rain

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

待たす (またす)

to keep (a person) waiting