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2人の兵士が、門のところで見張りをしていた。

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兵士 ところ 見張り していた

English Translation

Two soldiers kept guard at the gate.

Furigana

(にん)兵士(へいし)が、(もん)のところで見張(みは)りをしていた。

Romanji

Ni nin no heishi ga, mon no tokoro de mihari o shiteita.

Words

(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
(じん)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people
()
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
兵士 (へいし)
soldier
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(もん、かど)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; counter for cannons
(ところ、とこ)
place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
(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.
見張り (みはり)
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ヘイ、 ヒョウ、 つわもの
Meanings: soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Readings: モン、 かど、 と
Meanings: gate, counter for cannons
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: チョウ、 は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り
Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)