今日は多数の生徒が休んでいる。

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今日は多数の生徒が休んでいる。

English Translation

A number of students are absent today.

Furigana

今日(きょう)は多数(たすう)の生徒(せいと)が休(やす)んでいる。

Romanji

Kyō wa tasū no seito ga 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

多数 (たすう)

great number; countless; majority

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

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

が (が)

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

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