兵士たちは夜明け前にその丘のふもとに着いた。

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English Translation

The soldiers got to the foot of the hill before dawn.

Furigana

兵士(へいし)たちは夜明(よあ)け前(まえ)にその丘(おか)のふもとに着(つ)いた。

Romanji

Heishitachi wa yoake mae ni sono oka no fumoto ni tsuita.

Words

は (は)

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

夜明け (よあけ)

dawn; daybreak

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

丘 (おか)

hill; height; knoll; rising ground; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

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

麓 (ふもと)

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)