囚人たちは恐ろしいほど残忍に扱われた。

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囚人たちは恐ろしいほど残忍に扱われた。

English Translation

The prisoners were treated with monstrous cruelty.

Furigana

囚人(しゅうじん)たちは恐(おそ)ろしいほど残忍(ざんにん)に扱(あつか)われた。

Romanji

Shūjintachi wa osoroshii hodo zannin ni atsukawareta.

Words

は (は)

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

恐ろしい (おそろしい)

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

残忍 (ざんにん)

cruelty; atrocity; brutality

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

扱う (あつかう)

to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work; to deal in; to sell; to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up; to treat A as B; to mediate (an argument); to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to gossip