指導者が死んだ時、人々は彼の死体を大きな墓に安置した。

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English Translation

When their leader died, they placed his body in a large tomb.

Furigana

指導者(しどうしゃ)が死(し)んだ時(とき)、人々(ひとびと)は彼(かれ)の死体(したい)を大(おお)きな墓(はか)に安置(あんち)した。

Romanji

Shidōsha ga shinda toki, hitobito wa kare no shitai o ōkina haka ni anchishita.

Words

指導者 (しどうしゃ)

leader; guide; mentor; coach

が (が)

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

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

死体 (したい)

dead body; corpse; cadaver

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

墓 (はか)

gravesite; tomb

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

安置 (あんち)

enshrinement; installation (of image)