多くの観光客がその島に押し寄せた。

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多くの観光客がその島に押し寄せた。

English Translation

A lot of tourists invaded the island.

Furigana

多(おお)くの観光(かんこう)客(きゃく)がその島(しま)に押(お)し寄(よ)せた。

Romanji

Ōku no kankō kyaku ga sono shima ni oshiyoseta.

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

観光 (かんこう)

sightseeing

客 (きゃく、かく)

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

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...

島 (しま)

island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf

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

押し寄せる (おしよせる)

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside