おびただしい数の人々が集まってきていた。
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English Translation
People were gathering in a huge mass.
Furigana
おびただしい数 の人々 が集 まってきていた。
Romanji
Obitadashii kazu no hitobito ga atsumattekiteita.
Words
夥しい
(おびただしい)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
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
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
集まる
(あつまる)
to gather; to collect; to assemble