兵士達は厳戒体制にあった。

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兵士達 は 厳戒 体制 に あった 。

English Translation

The soldiers were on the alert.

Furigana

兵士達(へいしたち)は厳戒(げんかい)体制(たいせい)にあった。

Romanji

Heishitachi wa genkai taisei ni atta.

Words

は (は)

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

厳戒 (げんかい)

strict guard

体制 (たいせい)

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

兵

Readings: ヘイ、 ヒョウ、 つわもの

Meanings: soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

達

Readings: タツ、 ダ、 -たち

Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain

厳

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 おごそ.か、 きび.しい、 いか.めしい、 いつくし

Meanings: stern, strictness, severity, rigidity

戒

Readings: カイ、 いまし.める

Meaning: commandment

体

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

制

Reading: セイ

Meanings: system, law, rule