選挙の結果出てくるにつれ、皆テレビにかじりついた。

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English Translation

Everyone was glued to the TV set as the election results came in.

Furigana

選挙(せんきょ)の結果(けっか)出(で)てくるにつれ、皆(みな)テレビにかじりついた。

Romanji

Senkyo no kekka detekuru nitsure, mina terebi ni kajiritsuita.

Words

選挙 (せんきょ)

election

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

結果 (けっか)

result; consequence; outcome; effect; coming to fruition; bearing fruit

出る (でる)

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised; to sell; to exceed; to go over; to stick out; to protrude; to break out; to occur; to start; to originate; to be produced; to come from; to be derived from; to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get; to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain; to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed; to graduate

に連れ (につれ)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

皆 (みな、みんな)

all; everyone; everybody; everything

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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

かぶり付く (かぶりつく、かじりつく)

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to