選手達はすわって時間をつぶしながらゲームの始まるのを待っていた。

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English Translation

The athletes sat around killing time, waiting for their game to start.

Furigana

選手達(せんしゅたち)はすわって時間(じかん)をつぶしながらゲームの始(はじ)まるのを待(ま)っていた。

Romanji

Senshutachi wa suwatte jikan o tsubushi nagara ge-mu no hajimaru no o matteita.

Words

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

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.

潰す (つぶす)

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to thwart; to block; to kill (time); to waste (e.g. talents)

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

ゲーム (ゲーム)

game

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

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need