今日は二人の男生徒が学校を休んでいる。

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今日は二人の男生徒が学校を休んでいる。

English Translation

Two boys are absent from school today.

Furigana

今日(きょう)は二(に)人(にん)の男(おとこ)生徒(せいと)が学校(がっこう)を休(やす)んでいる。

Romanji

Kyō wa ni nin no otoko seito ga gakkō o yasundeiru.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

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

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

が (が)

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

学校 (がっこう)

school

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.

休む (やすむ)

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire; to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business