私たちが予期していた３倍の人々がやって来た。

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English Translation

We got three times as many people as we expected.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちが予期(よき)していた３倍(ばい)の人々(ひとびと)がやって来(き)た。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga yokishiteita san bai no hitobito ga yattekita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

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

予期 (よき)

expectation; assume will happen; forecast

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

倍 (ばい)

twice; double; times; -fold

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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)