彼の公演が終わるとわずかの人々が拍手をした。

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English Translation

A few people clapped after his lecture.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の公演(こうえん)が終(お)わるとわずかの人々(ひとびと)が拍手(はくしゅ)をした。

Romanji

Kare no kōen ga owaru to wazuka no hitobito ga hakushu o shita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

公演 (こうえん)

public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

が (が)

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

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

拍手 (はくしゅ)

clapping hands; applause

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.

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