私たちの頭の上には黒雲があった。

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私たちの頭の上には黒雲があった。

English Translation

There were black clouds over our heads.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちの頭(あたま)の上(うえ)には黒雲(くろくも)があった。

Romanji

Watashitachi no atama no ueni wa kurokumo ga atta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

頭 (あたま、かしら)

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji

は (は)

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

黒雲 (くろくも、こくうん)

dark clouds; black clouds

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about