列車がひどく込んでいて、私は途中ずっと立っていなければならなかった。

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English Translation

The train was so crowded that I had to keep standing all the way.

Furigana

列車(れっしゃ)がひどく込(こ)んでいて、私(わたし)は途中(とちゅう)ずっと立(た)っていなければならなかった。

Romanji

Ressha ga hidoku kondeite, watashi wa tochū zutto tatteinakerebanaranakatta.

Words

列車 (れっしゃ)

train (ordinary)

が (が)

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

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

込む (こむ)

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly; to do intently; to continue in the same state

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

途中 (とちゅう)

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)