多くの人がその歓迎会への招待を辞退した。

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English Translation

Many people declined the invitation to the reception.

Furigana

多(おお)くの人(ひと)がその歓迎会(かんげいかい)への招待(しょうたい)を辞退(じたい)した。

Romanji

Ōku no hito ga sono kangeikai e no shōtai o jitaishita.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

歓迎会 (かんげいかい)

welcome party

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

招待 (しょうたい、しょうだい)

invitation

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.

辞退 (じたい)

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself