難民がごみごみした裏町に住んでいました。
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English Translation
The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.
Furigana
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
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
Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects
Readings: リ、 うら
Meanings: back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
Readings: チョウ、 まち
Meanings: town, village, block, street
Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit