群衆は出口の方へ進もうと懸命であった。

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群衆は出口の方へ進もうと懸命であった。

English Translation

The crowd struggled to make for the exit.

Furigana

群衆(ぐんしゅう)は出口(でぐち)の方(ほう)へ進(すす)もうと懸命(けんめい)であった。

Romanji

Gunshū wa deguchi no hō e susumou to kenmei de atta.

Words

群衆 (ぐんしゅう、ぐんしゅ、ぐんじゅ)

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

は (は)

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

出口 (でぐち)

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; leak; vent

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

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

荒む (すさむ)

to grow wild; to run to waste

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

懸命 (けんめい)

eagerness; earnestness; risking one's life

だ (だ)

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