大統領選挙で誰が勝つであろうかと、すべての人々が固唾を飲んで見守った。

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English Translation

Everyone held their breath to see who would win the presidential election.

Furigana

大統領(だいとうりょう)選挙(せんきょ)で誰(だれ)が勝(か)つであろうかと、すべての人々(ひとびと)が固唾(かたず)を飲(の)んで見守(みまも)った。

Romanji

Daitōryō senkyo de dare ga katsu de arou ka to, subete no hitobito ga katazu o nonde mimamotta.

Words

大統領 (だいとうりょう)

president; chief executive

選挙 (せんきょ)

election

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.

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

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

勝つ (かつ)

to win; to gain victory

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

全て (すべて)

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

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

固唾 (かたず、かたづ)

saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

見守る (みまもる)

to watch over; to watch attentively