予想以上に多くの観客が来ていました。

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予想 以上に 多く の 観客 が 来ていました 。

English Translation

There were more spectators than I had expected.

Furigana

予想(よそう)以上(いじょう)に多(おお)くの観客(かんきゃく)が来(き)ていました。

Romanji

Yosō ijōni ōku no kankyaku ga kiteimashita.

Words

予想 (よそう)

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

観客 (かんきゃく)

audience; spectator; spectators

が (が)

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

Kanji

予

Readings: ヨ、 シャ、 あらかじ.め

Meanings: beforehand, previous, myself, I

想

Readings: ソウ、 ソ、 おも.う

Meanings: concept, think, idea, thought

以

Readings: イ、 もっ.て

Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up

多

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much

観

Readings: カン、 み.る、 しめ.す

Meanings: outlook, look, appearance, condition, view

客

Readings: キャク、 カク

Meanings: guest, visitor, customer, client

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become