大勢の生徒が学校を欠席した。

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大勢の生徒が学校を欠席した。

English Translation

A great many students were absent from school.

Furigana

大勢(たいせい)の生徒(せいと)が学校(がっこう)を欠席(けっせき)した。

Romanji

Taisei no seito ga gakkō o kessekishita.

Words

大勢 (たいせい)

general trend; current thought

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

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

が (が)

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

学校 (がっこう)

school

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.

欠席 (けっせき)

absence; non-attendance