あの人たちはこの前の災害に打ちひしがれたにちがいない。
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English Translation
They must have been overcome by the recent disasters.
Furigana
あの人 たちはこの前 の災害 に打 ちひしがれたにちがいない。
Romanji
Ano hitotachi wa kono mae no saigai ni uchi hishigareta ni chigainai.
Words
彼の
(あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
人達
(ひとたち)
people
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
此の
(この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
前
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
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
災害
(さいがい)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
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
打つ
(うつ)
to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress; to touch; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to type; to send; to transmit; to insert; to write in; to mark; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal)
拉ぐ
(ひしぐ)
to crush
近い
(ちかい)
near; close; short (distance)