大勢の人がおぼれ死んだ。

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大勢の人がおぼれ死んだ。

English Translation

A number of people were drowned.

Furigana

大勢(たいせい)の人(ひと)がおぼれ死(し)んだ。

Romanji

Taisei no hito ga obore shinda.

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

溺れる (おぼれる)

to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water); to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop