中世のイングランドでは、町という町のすべてが、ときには一度に５００人もの選手が、特定の休日にフットボールをしていたのです。

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English Translation

In England in the Middle Ages, whole towns played football on certain holidays, sometimes with as many as 500 players at one time.

Furigana

中世(ちゅうせい)のイングランドでは、町(まち)という町(まち)のすべてが、ときには一(いち)度(ど)に５００人(にん)もの選手(せんしゅ)が、特定(とくてい)の休日(きゅうじつ)にフットボールをしていたのです。

Romanji

Chūsei no Ingurando de wa, machi toiu machi no subete ga, tokiniha ichi do ni go zero zero nin mo no senshu ga, tokutei no kyūjitsu ni futtobo-ru o shiteita no desu.

Words

中世 (ちゅうせい)

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times

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

イングランド (イングランド)

England

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.

は (は)

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

町 (まち、ちょう)

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

が (が)

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

時には (ときには)

at times; occasionally

一 (いち)

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

度 (ど)

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

特定 (とくてい)

specific; special; particular

休日 (きゅうじつ)

holiday; day off

フットボール (フットボール)

football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)

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

です (です)

be; is