一部の住民が様子見の態度を取る一方で他の者は大洪水に備えた。

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English Translation

Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.

Furigana

一部(いちぶ)の住民(じゅうみん)が様子見(ようすみ)の態度(たいど)を取(と)る一方(いっぽう)で他(た)の者(もの)は大(だい)洪水(こうずい)に備(そな)えた。

Romanji

Ichibu no jūmin ga yōsumi no taido o toru ippō de ta no mono wa dai kōzui ni sonaeta.

Words

一部 (いちぶ)

one part; one portion; one section; some; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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

住民 (じゅうみん)

citizens; inhabitants; residents; population

が (が)

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

様子見 (ようすみ)

wait-and-see

態度 (たいど)

attitude; manner; behaviour

を (を)

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

一方 (いっぽう)

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn; just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only

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.

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

者 (もの、もん)

person

は (は)

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

大 (おお)

big; large

洪水 (こうずい)

flood

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

備える (そなえる)

to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install; to have ready; to prepare for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be armed with; to be born with; to have since birth