難民がごみごみした裏町に住んでいました。

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難民 が ごみごみした 裏町 に 住んでいました 。

English Translation

The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.

Furigana

難民(なんみん)がごみごみした裏町(うらまち)に住(す)んでいました。

Romanji

Nanmin ga gomigomishita uramachi ni sundeimashita.

Words

難民 (なんみん)

refugees

が (が)

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

ごみごみ (ごみごみ)

squalid; messy

裏町 (うらまち)

back street; back alley; slums

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

Kanji

難

Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

民

Readings: ミン、 たみ

Meanings: people, nation, subjects

裏

Readings: リ、 うら

Meanings: back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side

町

Readings: チョウ、 まち

Meanings: town, village, block, street

住

Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい

Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit