近所の人々が彼とともに、交替で夜を明かした。

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English Translation

The neighbors took turns sitting up with him.

Furigana

近所(きんじょ)の人々(ひとびと)が彼(かれ)とともに、交替(こうたい)で夜(よる)を明(あ)かした。

Romanji

Kinjo no hitobito ga kare totomoni, kōtai de yoru o akashita.

Words

近所 (きんじょ)

neighbourhood; neighborhood

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

と共に (とともに)

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

交代 (こうたい)

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

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.

明かす (あかす)

to pass (e.g. the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge