通りは買い物客でごった返していた。

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通りは買い物客でごった返していた。

English Translation

The street was bustling with shoppers.

Furigana

通(とお)りは買(か)い物(もの)客(きゃく)でごった返(がえ)していた。

Romanji

Tōri wa kaimono kyaku de gottagaeshiteita.

Words

通り (とおり)

avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types

は (は)

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

買い物 (かいもの)

shopping; purchased goods

客 (きゃく、かく)

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

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.

ごった返す (ごったがえす)

to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people