電車の中はとても混んでいたので、我々はだれ一人として座れなかった。

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English Translation

The train was so crowded that none of us could get a seat.

Furigana

電車(でんしゃ)の中(なか)はとても混(こ)んでいたので、我々(われわれ)はだれ一(いち)人(にん)として座(すわ)れなかった。

Romanji

Densha no naka wa totemo kondeita node, wareware wa dare ichi nin toshite suwarenakatta.

Words

電車 (でんしゃ)

train; electric train

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

は (は)

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

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

我々 (われわれ)

だれる (だれる)

to lose interest; to weaken; to slacken; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (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

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...