人々はこの習慣を多年の間続けてきた。

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人々はこの習慣を多年の間続けてきた。

English Translation

They have practiced this custom for many years.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)はこの習慣(しゅうかん)を多年(たねん)の間(ま)続(つづ)けてきた。

Romanji

Hitobito wa kono shūkan o tanen no ma tsuzuketekita.

Words

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

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.

多年 (たねん)

many years

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

続ける (つづける)

to continue; to keep up; to keep on