子供たちの一団が公園で遊んでいた。

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子供たちの一団が公園で遊んでいた。

English Translation

A group of children were playing in the park.

Furigana

子供(こども)たちの一団(いちだん)が公園(こうえん)で遊(あそ)んでいた。

Romanji

Kodomotachi no ichidan ga kōen de asondeita.

Words

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

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

一団 (いちだん)

body; group; party; gang; troupe

が (が)

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

公園 (こうえん)

(public) park

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

遊ぶ (あそぶ、あすぶ)

to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused; to go to (for pleasure or for study); to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration