砲撃はますます激しくなってきたので、私たち、走って地下室に降りていったのよ。

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English Translation

The gunfire was getting worse, so we ran down to our cellar.

Furigana

砲撃(ほうげき)はますます激(はげ)しくなってきたので、私(わたし)たち、走(はし)って地下室(ちかしつ)に降(お)りていったのよ。

Romanji

Hōgeki wa masumasu hageshiku nattekita node, watashitachi, hashitte chikashitsu ni oriteitta no yo.

Words

砲撃 (ほうげき)

bombarding; shelling; bombardment

は (は)

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

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

激しい (はげしい)

violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense; fierce; fervent; vehement; incessant; relentless; precipitous; steep

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

走る (はしる)

to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward

地下室 (ちかしつ)

cellar; basement

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

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

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

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!