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少年の一団が私の方にやってきた。

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少年 一団 やってきた

English Translation

A group of boys were coming up to me.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)一団(いちだん)(わたし)(ほう)にやってきた。

Romanji

Shōnen no ichidan ga watashi no hō ni yattekita.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
()
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
一団 (いちだん)
body; group; party; gang; troupe
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
(かた)
direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
()
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
やって来る (やってくる)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ダン、 トン、 かたまり、 まる.い
Meanings: group, association
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative