車中には、少なくとも５人の乗客がいました。

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English Translation

There were not less than five passengers on the train.

Furigana

車中(しゃちゅう)には、少(すく)なくとも５人(にん)の乗客(じょうきゃく)がいました。

Romanji

Shachū ni wa, sukunakutomo go nin no jōkyaku ga imashita.

Words

車中 (しゃちゅう)

in a train or vehicle

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

は (は)

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

少なくとも (すくなくとも)

at least

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

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

乗客 (じょうきゃく、じょうかく)

passenger

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)