放課後だったので、運動場にはほんのわずかな生徒しかいなかった。

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English Translation

School being over, there were only a small number of pupils in the playground.

Furigana

放課後(ほうかご)だったので、運動場(うんどうじょう)にはほんのわずかな生徒(せいと)しかいなかった。

Romanji

Hōkago datta node, undōjō ni wa honno wazuka na seito shika inakatta.

Words

放課後 (ほうかご)

after school

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ので (ので、んで)

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

運動場 (うんどうじょう、うんどうば)

sports ground; playing field; playground

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

は (は)

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

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

要る (いる)

to need; to want

Kanji

放

Readings: ホウ、はな.す、 -っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる、こ.く、ほう.る

Meanings: set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate

課

Reading: カ

Meanings: chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)

後

Readings: ゴ、コウ、のち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと、おく.れる

Meanings: behind, back, later

運

Readings: ウン、はこ.ぶ

Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance

動

Readings: ドウ、うご.く、うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

場

Readings: ジョウ、チョウ、ば

Meanings: location, place

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

徒

Readings: ト、いたずら、あだ

Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people