数人の客が応接室で待っていた。

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数人の客が応接室で待っていた。

English Translation

There were some guests waiting in the drawing room.

Furigana

数(すう)人(にん)の客(きゃく)が応接室(おうせつしつ)で待(ま)っていた。

Romanji

Sū nin no kyaku ga ōsetsushitsu de matteita.

Words

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

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

応接室 (おうせつしつ)

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

待つ (まつ)

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